Re: Epiiphany extensions licenses

[Ivaylo Valkov <ivaylo e-valkov org>]

In 13:25 +0300 at 11.04.2011, Ivaylo Valkov wrote:
> Hello, list
> 
> After few days I am going to release small Epiphany extension written in
> JavaScript  with Seed. It turns on and off the JavaScript engine from a
> statusbar icon.
> 
> What confuses me are the license requirements for Epiphany extensions.
> There is a COPYING.README file in the official extensions package, that
> states that a special exception notice needs to be added, allowing
> linking with Mozilla's XPCOM library. Is this still valid, since the
> migration to the WebKit engine?
> 
> I am planing to release the extension under the terms of the GNU GPLv3
> (or later). I am not obligated to use the GPLv2 (or later), because that
> is the exact license notice of Epiphany, right?

I received only one response (off list), so far. The extension is now
released [1] without the notice. If you can comment on the issue, please
do.

[1] http://e-valkov.org/epiphany-extensions/js-switch-off/