Based on this, I am breaking the GPL myself by having Hamster in LuaX
sources.
So.. I think you're right and this will lead to Hamster being MIT'ed.
-ak
31.3.2004 kello 00:40, Jamie Webb kirjoitti:
On Tuesday 30 March 2004 21:11, Asko Kauppi wrote:
What's wrong with GPL? You're using gcc (which is GPL) so why
couldn't
the make be. Actually, you're using gnu make, right?
You're not the first to criticize this, but either I don't get the
issue or there is some misconception here. I'm careful to exclude any
GPL from LuaX but can still use GPL tools to build it..
Of course, Hamster being GPL is just my preliminary decision, and can
be changed. "Just for fun" I wouldn't change it without a proper
reasoning.
There's no problem with /using/ GPL software (a little hard not to if
you
target Linux...). It's /distributing/ GPL software which is the
problem: gcc
and make are assumed to be already present on the target machine, and
the
autotools have a special exemption for the parts which are bundled in
the
distribution. The Hamster code would have to be included in the
LuaCheia
distribution if LuaCheia were to be built with it. The effect of
including
this GPLed code would be to force the entire distribution to be
released
under the GPL, rather than the more permissive MIT license.
There would be no problem in using Hamster if it were packaged
separately, but
given that it is not exactly widely available, that would be an
undesirable
burden on users.
Possibility if you don't want to abandon the GPL entirely (since if you
release under a more permissive license in one place, you may as well
everywhere): LuaCheia could include only the bytecode-compiled form of
Hamster, and you could make an exception to the license for the Hamster
sources which permits the compiled code to be used in any way. This is
IIRC
the approach taken for the glibc headers, and is somewhat (and
necessarily)
more permissive than the LGPL.
-- Jamie Webb
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