Re: [TCLCORE] MPL used within Tcl?

[Brian G. <bri...@ea...>]

MPL appears to be CopyLeft, but less so(?). Not sure if it is ok or not. I have not had to deal with this license in my career.

-Brian

On Nov 18, 2024, at 14:31, 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
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