Re: [xmlvm-users] Clarifications on the Linking Exception

[Gergely K. <ger...@ma...>]

Hi,

2010/3/25 Arno Puder <ar...@pu...>

>
> > Just to clarify: This means that if no part of the compatibility library
> > (and of course the Android library) of XMLVM is used in a project, then
> > the resulting software is not subject to the GPL, and it can be
> > redistributed under any license without a linking exception.
> >
> > Is this the correct interpretation?
>
> Yes. If you only used XMLVM's compiler, the generated code would not be
> covered by the GPL. Note however, that the generated code without the
> library (e.g., xmlvm.m) will not do much. Once you link xmlvm.m, the GPL
> does apply to your application.
>

So essentially if one replaces everything in compat-lib with a new
implementation, then it is fine.


> > Any contribution that we (or anybody else) make will have 2 parts:
> > - original work: something that was created independently of the
> > existing parts of XMLVM, e.g. a new class or method in a class.
> > - derived work: something that was created based on existing code in
> > XMLVM, e.g. when a method is changed to fix a bug, or the xsl is
> > changed...etc.
>
> It is my interpretation of the GPL that these two cases would both be
> considered derived work. How you break up your contribution is up to
>

I am confused. I develop code that is not based on XMLVM in any way, like
the NSRecursiveCondition in the patch I submitted. Why would you consider it
derived work? So I can't reuse it in a different project without making it
GPL?

Or am I misunderstanding something?

Best Regards,
Gergely

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