Re: [TCLCORE] MPL used within Tcl?

[Steve L. <st...@di...>]

That matches my understanding - any MPL code (including subsequent changes to the original code) has to remain under MPL but it doesn’t infect the MIT/BSD licensed code.

That being the case, no objections from me, as long as we document this somewhere.

-- Steve
On 19 Nov 2024 at 6:33 AM +0800, Jan Nijtmans <jan...@gm...>, wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Inside Tcl, some files have a different license. For example,
> libtommath uses the libtommath licence, compat/dlfcn.h
> also has a slightly different license. Inside wish,
> x11/*.h also has a slightly different license.
>
> In order to fix bug [a8e4f76ce4] "load library (dll) from
> zipfs-library causes a leak in temporary folder" I
> found a useful library, which is under the MPL license,
> which is - also - very similar to the BSD license.
>
> Question: can we approve the MPL license to be
> used in separate source-files within Tcl? The exact
> text can be found here:
>      <https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/MPL/2.0/>
>
>     3.3. Distribution of a Larger Work
>     You may create and distribute a Larger Work under terms
>     of Your choice, provided that You also comply with the
>     requirements of this License for the Covered Software ...
>
> My conclusion is that - as long as the files MemoryModule.h
> and MemoryModule.c are kept under the MPL and fulfill
> the restrictions of this license (which they do), this doesn't
> impose any restrictions on the rest of the software.
>
> Regards,
>       Jan Nijtmans
> _______________________________________________
> Tcl-Core mailing list
> Tcl...@li...
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tcl-core