Ethereal-dev: Re: [ethereal-dev] Ethereal and H.323 dissector possible license solutio
> > The page at
> >
> > http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html
> >
> > lists the MPL amongs the licenses that are not compatible with the GPL.
F*CK! (Sorry, but this license thing is getting to me :-( )
I predict that the GPL will eventually prevent some seriously useful
applications seeing the light of day.... Pity...
> > but, if not, I'm certainly willing to grant the exception.
Thanks!
> The problem with GPL + exception licences is that they are rarely if
> ever GPL compatible themselves. Therefore changing ethereal to a
> GPL + exception licence makes it impossible to import GPL code to
> use in the dissectors.
Hmmmm, most of the network related stuff is usually BSD-ish, right?
> An oft mooted proposal is to contact the author of imported code for
> permission. This works but imposses extra weight on the maintainer.
True, but since Ethereal is for the largest part code done by just a
couple (5,6?) people, it's not (yet?) a problem... Once it's policy,
the problem ends.
> BTW Andreas: is the code you have used likely to be dual licences in
> the near future?
I'd love to, but since the code I use is created by a company
that donated it to an open source project (OpenH323), and that company
is also using it for it's own non-free products I doubt that it will
ever get GPL-ed...
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Andreas Sikkema
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"Standing barefoot in a river of clues, most people would
not get their toes wet." - Brian Kantor in a.s.r.
