Re: RFS: tsung (2nd try)

[Benoît Knecht <benoit.knecht@fsfe.org>]

Hi Ignace,

(No need to CC me, I'm subscribed to the list.)

Ignace Mouzannar wrote:
> 2011/6/30 Benoît Knecht <benoit.knecht@fsfe.org>:
> > Ignace Mouzannar wrote:
> >> * License         : GPL-2
> >                      ^^^^^
> > Parts of the code use the Erlang Public License v1.1 (based on the
> > Mozilla Public License v1.0); is this license compatible with the GPL-2
> > (I know the MPL isn't)?
> 
> My RFS just mentions the GPL-2 license as most of the files present in
> the package are licensed under it.
> 
> I have spent quite some time writing the debian/copyright file [1]; it
> mentions all the different licenses used inside the package.

I know, that's not the issue; sorry for being unclear.

> I might have missed something; should two licenses be compatible in
> order to use them both inside a single package (considering each one
> applies to a distinct set of files [1])?

Yes, that's what I meant. The software, a combination of all those
files, will have a license that is the combination the licenses of all
its constituents. So if two licenses are incompatible, it's impossible
to have a piece of software use both of them — unless you can choose
between the two (OR), but here one would have to comply with both of
them (AND).

I'm not sure the Erlang Public License and the GPL are incompatible
though, I'm just asking. But that's probably a question for
debian-legal [1], so feel free to contact them.

[1] debian-legal@lists.debian.org

Cheers,

-- 
Benoît Knecht