Re: GPL vs MPL

Gervase Markham <[email protected]> Tue, 31 May 2005 10:08:13 +0100

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.mozilla.license
Organization	Another Netscape Collabra Server User
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

Darius Blaszijk wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I would like to ask you some information on the differences between GPL and
> MPL software. I have a project that is released under GPL license and I
> would like to use MPL libraries. Is this possible or do I have to use GPL
> libraries or switch to MPL??

Either use GPL libraries or switch. The MPL and the GPL are 
incompatible, in the sense that the MPL poses additional restrictions 
over and above those in the GPL, and so the GPL does not permit code 
licensed under it to be linked with MPLed code.

> Is there a resource on the net that point by
> point explains what the differences are between the two?? 

Probably :-)

> Which one is
> "better"  or "preferred"??

It depends what you are doing.

Gerv