Re: 6 GPL'ed Packages that depend on XForms.

[Brian Ristuccia <brianr@osiris.978.org>]

On Mon, Jun 07, 1999 at 08:18:30PM +0200, Henning Makholm wrote:
> Peter S Galbraith <GalbraithP@dfo-mpo.gc.ca> writes:
> 
> > You mean allow linking and explicitely allow distribution, right?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> > You don't mean invoking the major components bit do you?
> 
> No, I think that is a clumsy solution to the problem.
> 
> >    "You may link this software with XForms (Copyright (c) by
> >    T.C. Zhao and Mark Overmars) and distribute the resulting
> >    binary.  You are not required to include this paragraph in the
> >    license for derivatives of this software."
> 
> I feel a little bad about the *unrestricted* permission to distribute
> the resulting binary; see my previous message.
> 
> Also I think it would be a good thing (even if not strictly
> required by law) to spell out explicitly that you are not
> purporting to relicense XForms itself.
> 
> I would suggest
> 
>     "You may link this software with XForms (Copyright (C) by
>     T.C. Zhao and Mark Overmars) and distribute the resulting
>     binary, under the restrictions in clause 3 of the GPL,
>     even though the resulting binary is not, as a whole,
>     covered by the GPL. (You still need a separate license
>     to do so from the owner(s) of the copyright for XForms,
>     however). You are not required to include this paragraph
>     in the license for deriviatives of this software.
> 

I know this seems silly, but it might be wise to make it clear that when
that paragraph is removed the rights granted by it are also revoked. 

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Brian Ristuccia
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