Re: [xmlvm-users] xmlvm-users Digest, Vol 9, Issue 8

[Arno P. <ar...@pu...>]

On 3/17/10 4:33 AM, Mark Wolfskehl wrote:
> I do have one additional comment regarding your view of the linking
> exception:  I believe that
> the linking exception should also be applied to all "derived works"
> created by the commercial developer
> based on the code base for which the linking exception was granted.
> At the very least, this allows
> the commercial developer to include bug fixes, even if these are not
> deemed "significant" by other standards.
> They may also include contributions that do not seem "significant" to
> the group but which are significant to the
> commercial entity.  I believe this would be a reasonable exception.

Lets say we grant you a linking exception for a version of XMLVM. Your 
commercial product as well as further modifications to XMLVM can be 
viewed as "derived work". Since we give you a linking exception for 
XMLVM, your commercial product can remain closed source. However, XMLVM 
itself is still covered by the GPL which means any modification you make 
to XMLVM needs to be placed under the GPL. If I understand you 
correctly, your question is about this locally modified version of 
XMLVM. The linking exception also applies to this locally modified 
version. Since you have to release your bug fix under the GPL, we will 
integrate it back to the code base of XMLVM. Because we grant you the 
linking exception for a period of time, you can download the new 
official version of XMLVM and you will also be given the linking exception.

> I appreciate your attitude of cooperation and desire to give-and-
> take.  That's what business is about, or at
> least should be about.

Thank you!  :-)

Arno