Re: Hamster

Based on this, I am breaking the GPL myself by having Hamster in LuaX 
sources.
So.. I think you're right and this will lead to Hamster being MIT'ed.

-ak


31.3.2004 kello 00:40, Jamie Webb kirjoitti:

  On Tuesday 30 March 2004 21:11, Asko Kauppi wrote:
>> What's wrong with GPL?  You're using gcc (which is GPL) so why 
>> couldn't
>> the make be. Actually, you're using gnu make, right?
>>
>> You're not the first to criticize this, but either I don't get the
>> issue or there is some misconception here. I'm careful to exclude any
>> GPL from LuaX but can still use GPL tools to build it..
>>
>> Of course, Hamster being GPL is just my preliminary decision, and can
>> be changed. "Just for fun" I wouldn't change it without a proper
>> reasoning.
>
> There's no problem with /using/ GPL software (a little hard not to if 
> you
> target Linux...). It's /distributing/ GPL software which is the 
> problem: gcc
> and make are assumed to be already present on the target machine, and 
> the
> autotools have a special exemption for the parts which are bundled in 
> the
> distribution. The Hamster code would have to be included in the 
> LuaCheia
> distribution if LuaCheia were to be built with it. The effect of 
> including
> this GPLed code would be to force the entire distribution to be 
> released
> under the GPL, rather than the more permissive MIT license.
>
> There would be no problem in using Hamster if it were packaged 
> separately, but
> given that it is not exactly widely available, that would be an 
> undesirable
> burden on users.
>
> Possibility if you don't want to abandon the GPL entirely (since if you
> release under a more permissive license in one place, you may as well
> everywhere): LuaCheia could include only the bytecode-compiled form of
> Hamster, and you could make an exception to the license for the Hamster
> sources which permits the compiled code to be used in any way. This is 
> IIRC
> the approach taken for the glibc headers, and is somewhat (and 
> necessarily)
> more permissive than the LGPL.
>
> -- Jamie Webb
>
>
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