Re: [Evolution] LDAP support

[Not Zed <notzed ximian com>]

Ok, see:

http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html#GPLIncompatibleLicenses

And scroll down to (well i'll paste it here):

The OpenLDAP License, Version 2.3.
    This is a permissive non-copyleft free software license with a few
requirements (in sections 4 and 5) that render it incompatible with the
GNU GPL.
    
    We urge you not to use the OpenLDAP license for software you write.
However, there is no reason to avoid running programs that have been
released under this license, such as OpenLDAP.


And by the latter that means running the server itself.  But we need to
link with the client libraries, which is the problem.

So yes, I guess I got the reason wrong, but not the basic fact. :(

 !Z


On 05 Apr 2001 13:06:03 -0400, Tom Cooper wrote:
> Thanks for the reply.  
>
> I _did_ take a look at the gnu site and reviewed a number of their
> documents, but 
> I'm sorry to say that I still don't get it.
>
> Which clause in their license is the "advertising" clause, and in what
> way is it incompatible with the GPL?
>
> Thanks again for your time, and a cool email application.
>
> Regards,
> Tom Cooper
>
> Not Zed wrote:
> > > I don't see what limitations are imposed by the open ldap license
> > > http://www.openldap.org/software/release/license.html
> > > agreement which would prevent this.
> > >
> > > I'm sorry to be so dense, but I just don't understand.  Can someone
> > > explain this to me?
> >
> > The advertising clause is incompatible with the GPL.  Unfortunate, but
> > true.
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