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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>EPL
isn’t likely an option given he uses GPL libraries. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>http://www.eclipse.org/legal/eplfaq.php#MODULEDIST<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>“The EPL and the GPL are not
compatible in any combination where the result would be considered either: (a)
a “derivative work” (which Eclipse interprets consistent with the definition of
that term in the U.S. Copyright Act ) or (b) a work “based on” the GPL code, as
that phrase is used in the <u><a
href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html">GPLv2</a></u>, <u><a
href="http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl.html">GPLv3</a></u> or the <u><a
href="http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl-faq.html">GPL FAQ</a></u> as
applicable. Further, you may not combine EPL and GPL code in any scenario where
source code under those licenses are both the same source code module.<br>
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Based upon the <u><a href="http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/">position</a></u>
of the Free Software Foundation, you may not combine EPL and GPL code in any
scenario where linking exists between code made available under those licenses.
The above applies to both GPL version 2 and GPL version 3.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>While
I believe that the EPL position is correct wrt derivative works IANAL and I
wouldn’t care to be the guinea pig to test that position.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>He
can release his code using LGPL but I doubt anyone but another GPL project
would reuse his code anyway given the dependencies on GLPK.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>For the
data in his database he can release using Creative Commons Attribution Share
Alike (CC-SA-BY). I think that is the closest match to what he wants.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Nigel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> David Shofi
[mailto:DShofi@atmi.com] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 26, 2010 1:00 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> David Woolley<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Kevin Hunter; License Discussion<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Which license to choose?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Kevin,</span> <br>
<br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Consider the
CPL or EPL. It has an inheritance concept but allows commercial
proprietary modules to be developed.</span> <br>
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<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>David</span> <br>
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Woolley <forums@david-woolley.me.uk></span></b><span style='font-size:
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<p><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>02/26/2010
02:46 AM</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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Discussion <license-discuss@opensource.org></span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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Which license to choose?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<tt><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Kevin Hunter wrote:</span></tt><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>
<tt>> At 11:59pm -0500 Thu, 25 Feb 2010, John Cowan wrote:</tt><br>
<tt>>> Kevin Hunter scripsit:</tt><br>
<tt>>>> For the code part, what Joe would eventually like is for users
to be</tt><br>
<tt>>>> able to freely engage and modify his code, but he wants to
ensure that</tt><br>
<tt>>>> they give back any updates, fixes, or enhancements they make.
</tt><br>
<tt>>> [ GPL does not require downstream licensees to pass changes back,
only</tt><br>
<tt>>> forward to users of the downstream code. ]</tt><br>
<tt>>></tt><br>
<tt>>> [ GPL further only enforces this rule *if* code is distributed. No</tt><br>
<tt>>> distribution, no code sharing necessary. ]</tt><br>
<tt>> </tt><br>
<tt>> Noted about the distinction. Thank you *very* much for
clarifying my</tt><br>
<tt>> misunderstanding. The point is that he wants to make his project
as</tt><br>
<tt>> Free as possible, while not deterring commercial use. Is the
LGPL the</tt><br>
<br>
<tt>He doesn't want it as free as possible. If he did, BSD would be the </tt><br>
<tt>clear option. He wants to put restrictions on what commercial </tt><br>
<tt>organisations typical want to do, which is to keep the source and </tt><br>
<tt>modifications to it secret.</tt><br>
<br>
<tt>> best course then? As I understand his project, it's to be in
parts,</tt><br>
<tt>> both a front-end for end-user use, and libraries for linking and</tt><br>
<tt>> development purposes.</tt><br>
<tt>> </tt><br>
<tt>> Does the LGPL only apply to libraries, for instance?</tt><br>
<br>
<tt>No L now stands for "lesser".</tt><br>
<br>
<br>
<tt>> Fair enough; my assumption and projections of his code base may be</tt><br>
<tt>> incorrect, but the question is still out there: Is there a way to</tt><br>
<tt>> protect his name if someone else does something stupid with his
project</tt><br>
<tt>> (and then advertises it)?</tt><br>
<br>
<tt>Live in an enlightened part of the world, like Europe, that respects </tt><br>
<tt>"moral rights" in intellectual property?</tt><br>
<tt>> </tt><br>
<br>
<tt>-- </tt><br>
<tt>David Woolley</tt><br>
<tt>Emails are not formal business letters, whatever businesses may want.</tt><br>
<tt>RFC1855 says there should be an address here, but, in a world of spam,</tt><br>
<tt>that is no longer good advice, as archive address hiding may not work.</tt><br>
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