On Sat, 28 Mar 2009 20:36:02 +0100 Miriam Ruiz wrote: > EUPL v1.1 full text: Thanks Miriam! > > European Union Public Licence (EUPL) v1.1 > > Copyright (c) 2007 The European Community 2007 [...] > 5. Obligations of the Licensee > The grant of the rights mentioned above is subject to some > restrictions and obligations imposed on the Licensee. Those > obligations are the following: [...] > o Compatibility clause: If the Licensee Distributes and/or > Communicates Derivative Works or copies thereof based upon > both the Original Work and another work licensed under a > Compatible Licence, this Distribution and/or Communication can > be done under the terms of this Compatible Licence. For the > sake of this clause, "Compatible Licence" refers to the > licences listed in the appendix attached to this Licence. > Should the Licensee's obligations under the Compatible Licence > conflict with his/her obligations under this Licence, the > obligations of the Compatible Licence shall prevail. [...] > Appendix > > "Compatible Licences" according to article 5 EUPL are: > * General Public License (GPL) v. 2 [...] Without looking at the rest, I think that the quoted parts should be enough to (artificially) create GPLv2-compatibility. Moreover, since combining with GPLv2'ed code allows one to distribute the whole resulting work under the GPLv2, I think this trick should be considered enough to turn any EUPL'ed work into one that complies with the DFSG. Or am I wrong? Usual disclaimers: IANAL, TINLA, IANADD, TINASOTODP. -- New location for my website! Update your bookmarks! http://www.inventati.org/frx ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4
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