Re: [j-devel] GPL and export restrictions (was Re: Another CLOS alternative)

[Ville V. <vil...@gm...>]

On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 6:33 PM, Ville Voutilainen
<vil...@gm...> wrote:
> Fine, I stand corrected - the export restriction is not GPL-incompatible, so

The GPL v2.0 clause 8 says the following:

8. If the distribution and/or use of the Program is restricted in
certain countries either by patents or by copyrighted interfaces, the
original copyright holder who places the Program under this License
may add an explicit geographical distribution limitation excluding
those countries, so that distribution is permitted only in or among
countries not thus excluded.  In such case, this License incorporates
the limitation as if written in the body of this License.

Note the "original copyright holder who places the Program under this
License". That would be Peter Graves, not any of us.

Adding the export restriction later might not be straightforward, or allowed.
I'm not an expert on that. But I damn well want us to check these things before
just merging any code that we happen to find.

Mark, don't worry, no offense taken.