Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact ant-dev-help@jakarta.apache.org; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list ant-dev@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 70058 invoked from network); 18 Jan 2001 20:28:44 -0000 Received: from mail.alphalink.com.au (203.24.205.7) by h31.sny.collab.net with SMTP; 18 Jan 2001 20:28:44 -0000 Received: from donalgar (d156-ps0-mel.alphalink.com.au [202.161.104.156]) by mail.alphalink.com.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id HAA00481; Fri, 19 Jan 2001 07:28:48 +1100 Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20010119072426.009479f0@alphalink.com.au> X-Sender: gdonald@alphalink.com.au X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 07:24:26 +1100 To: ant-dev@jakarta.apache.org From: Peter Donald Subject: Re: [Coding Standards] Apache licence and GPL compatible? Cc: ant-dev@jakarta.apache.org In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Spam-Rating: h31.sny.collab.net 1.6.2 0/1000/N At 01:09 18/1/01 +0000, Stuart Roebuck wrote: >I've just had an email from Chris Seguin, the author of the code reformatting utilities. It looks to him that the GPL and Apache licenses are incompatible. yep 100%. GPL can not use APL and APL can not use GPL. I heard that this will change with APL1.3 and GPL3 but no one has been able to confirm or deny this ;) >I hasten to say that he goes on to say: > >> I might just start releasing it with a Apache license >> instead. >> >> Also, I'm excited! I got Ant to work today!!!! You could ask him to dual license it (GPL/APL) or you could ask him to place it under BSD (which both APL and GPL can use). Cheers, Pete *-----------------------------------------------------* | "Faced with the choice between changing one's mind, | | and proving that there is no need to do so - almost | | everyone gets busy on the proof." | | - John Kenneth Galbraith | *-----------------------------------------------------*