Re: Yikes! License problem with SE library classes.

Roger Browne wrote:

>As some of you may know, I am working on an Eiffel-like scripting
>language for the Parrot virtual machine. The language is called "Amber
>for Parrot": http://xamber.org
>
>Amber is written using SmartEiffel, and is released under the Gnu GPL.
>
>Some of the people who want to use Amber do not know Eiffel. Even some
>Eiffelists will not have SmartEiffel installed. But SmartEiffel can
>generate a C-package which can be compiled using gcc.
>
>Here's the problem: the C-package is a derived work that includes both
>my source code (GPL'd) and the SmartEiffel library code. Therefore, I
>need to offer the entire source code under the GPL. But I can't do that,
>because the SmartEiffel library license is not GPL-compatible (for
>example, it imposes a requirement that a change log must be added).
>  
>
Could you explain more, please. Why do you need to distribute the 
SmartEiffel library for "Amber for Parrort" to work?
Couldn't your work be distributed under GPL and depends on SmartEiffel 
compiler?
Why do you think the notification of the changes is not GPL-compatible?
Why do you want those files to be GPL-compatible? Just distribute them 
with their licence because it's allowed to do so...

Best regards,

-- 
Philippe Ribet



                         The README file said
              "Requires Windows 95, NT 4.0, or better."
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