Re: [Hyperic-hq-discuss] GPL linking exception ?

[Björn M. <bjo...@gm...>]

> Hi All,

Hi Doug and all,

> We're open to changes, having recently added a FLOSS License Exception borrowed from mysql-connector-java-5.1.6/EXCEPTIONS-CONNECTOR-J (see EXCEPTIONS file).  We'll need to take some time to fully understand the GPL linking exception to consider making this change.  Any background/detail/etc you can provide would be most helpful.
> 

Take a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPL_linking_exception, that 
would be sufficient to me. But I'm not an expert in this legal stuff :-)

Adding the linking exception should be as easy as making sure all 
developers accept the addendum to the GPL (shouldn't be a problem, as 
you own all rights to the code) and adding the snippet shown on the 
Wikipedia page.

Cheers, Bjoern