Re: [Gearbox-devel] Version 10.11 released

[Rich M. <jp...@gm...>]

On 11/09/2010 10:46 PM, Geoffrey Biggs wrote:
> Hi Rich,
>
> On 10/11/10 12:18, Rich Mattes wrote:
>> Hi Geoff,
>>
>> I noticed that in one of your commits the licensing of hokuyo_aist
>> changed to EPL.  I remember reading somewhere that the EPL is
>> incompatible with the GPL, so I started to do some digging.  Based on
>> section 3 in [1], it looks like any GPL program that's linked with EPL
>> code cannot be redistributed.  If this is the case, then distributions
>> can't, for instance, redistribute Player (which has GPL bits) built
>> against hokuyo_aist from Gearbox 10.11.  This point of view is backed up
>> in [2].  Is there any possibility of dual-licensing it as LGPL + EPL or
>> something?
>>
>> It does look like the LGPL is compatible with the EPL, but I can't find
>> as much information on that
> That's a bit of a problem. My choice for license was LGPL (or, if
> pushed, BSD), but AIST's policy is to use EPL because it has the patent
> protection clause. I may be able to get permission to use another
> license if I have a good reason, and I think that being able to
> distribute it in Player is good enough.
>
> Geoff
>
>
Any updates on this?

Rich