Re: License problem with Re: AvantGo

[Alan Shutko <ats acm org>]

Eskil Heyn Olsen <deity@dbc.dk> writes:

> So it would be the number 3 issue that would be a problem, that linking
> MPL'ed code into a GPL'ed would violate the GPL. So basically we would not
> violate MAL's MPL, but gnome-pilots GPL. And we would have to link with
> gnome-pilot to make it a gnome-conduit (seems any sort of linking is
> prohibited).

Two ways you can go.  Include a special exception in the license to
allow linking with MAL, or switch the gnome-conduit stuff to LGPL.  It
makes sense: there are non-free pilot-sync apps, so even RMS's
guidelines would allow the LGPL.  And this is going to cause problems
if 3rd parties ever get into making conduits for their own apps.

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