From: Jarek C. <jar...@po...> - 2012-03-06 07:26:42
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W dniu 2012-03-06 07:36, Eric Le Lay pisze: > Le Mon, 05 Mar 2012 08:53:11 +0100, > Jarek Czekalski<jar...@po...> a écrit : > >> If we want to have a clean legal status, we should relicense the >> JavaSideKick code under Apache. So I ask the authors of the plugin to >> remove all GNU GPL 2 license notes and add an Apache2 license.txt >> file to the root of the plugin. Otherwise distributing JavaSideKick >> through plugin manager would violate Apache code license from >> AntClassLoader file. >> > Are you a lawyer ? No, I am not, but since I was releasing my small software under gnu gpl I read a lot about it. > I see at least to other options : > Can't the AntClassLoader file be released under Apache and the rest > under GPLV2 ? I am not sure about it. But I am sure from the point 4.1 of the Apache license that the copy of the license must be distributed together with the plugin, which is a derivative work of AntClassLoader. JavaSideKick currently has no license file. I think it's better to license the whole plugin under one license than to perform suspicious license mixes. The option I suggested is simple and safe. > Or AntClassLoader be replaced by GPLv2 code ? Of course it can, if anyone wants to rewrite this file from scratch. I guess it's simpler to change the license of the whole plugin. Jarek > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! > The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers > is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, > Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d |