On May 7, 2005, at 12:38 PM, Paul Hammant wrote:
> Unless I am mistaken, Apache licensed code will never be able to
> 'legally' import GPL code.
You are mistaken -- the copyright owner can do whatever they want,
as can users. It is only redistributors that are constrained on
how they can combine and redistribute.
> The logic behind this -
>
> GPL code can can import BSD, MIT, X11, W3C (etc) code but cannot
> currently Apache licensed. That may well be worked out with an
> revision to the Apache Software License 2.0.
It is only an opinion of the FSF. It makes no difference to anyone
else and certainly isn't based on law.
> BSD (etc) is not currently able to import GPL licensed code.
Sure it is. It just can't turn around and redistribute the combination
as anything other than GPL.
> Why would Apache licensed code be any different even if the current
> issue were worked thru?
>
> Its the lack of a reciprocal arrangement on legal/allowed importing
> that is the long term blocker on ASF / FSF cooperation.
The FSF does not have reciprocal arrangements -- the GPL is all or
nothing. The Apache License is already reciprocal in nature -- as
far as we are concerned, GPL projects are free to incorporate and
redistribute our code.
....Roy
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