[License-review] For Legacy Approval: eCos License version 2.0

Josh Berkus josh at postgresql.org
Sun Aug 31 06:04:18 UTC 2014


> As a special exception, if other files instantiate templates or use
> macros or inline functions from this file, or you compile this file and
> link it with other works to produce a work based on this file, this file
> does not by itself cause the resulting work to be covered by the GNU
> General Public License. However the source code for this file must still
> be made available in accordance with section (3) of the GNU General
> Public License v2.
> 
> This exception does not invalidate any other reasons why a work based on
> this file might be covered by the GNU General Public License.

Wait, so "the Ecos license" is just the GPL with a tacked-on exception?
 It's hard to think of this as an actual license ...

--Josh Berkus




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