Re: [Opensync-users] Thunderbird plugin

[Armin B. <arm...@de...>]

Dave Hall wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-08-15 at 10:39 +0200, Armin Bauer wrote:
> 
> <snip />
> 
>>The main problem we saw were licensing issues: Mozilla is distributed
>>under a triple license so people can pick whatever license they like.
>>Software that would be distributed together with thunderbird would
>>normally need the same licenses but opensync is only distributed under
>>the LGPL and not under MPL or GPL. But i think we can solve this problem
>>somehow.
> 
> 
> IANAL, but ...
> 
> The MPL is the only real issue.  The LGPL s3 states:
> "3. You may opt to apply the terms of the ordinary GNU General Public
> License instead of this License to a given copy of the Library."
> 
> So you have L/GPL you just need to dual license opensync under the MPL.
> 

Yes, you are right. The MPL license is the only problem since it would
be more liberal than the LGPL. But i really dont want to relicense
Opensync under the MPL or a similar license. I think the LGPL should be
libreral enough (but the opinions differ on this point :)

> 
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Dave
> 
>>Armin
>>
>>Aaron Whitehouse wrote:
>>
>>>Hello everybody,
>>>
>>>Sorry to bother you all, but I just posted a RFE on the Mozilla Bugzilla
>>>for them to get onto the Opensync bandwagon and thought that those who
>>>would like to see this feature may like to vote for the request, or add
>>>valuable input.
>>>
>>>The 'bug' can be found here:
>>>https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303963
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>Aaron
>>>
>>>
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