Bug#81708: this is not my ITP any more...
On Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 02:24:57PM -0400, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 05:59:52PM +0100, Robert McQueen wrote:
> > So... why not repackage the source and use the headers from mozilla?
>
> There are similar header files in mozilla-dev:
> /usr/include/mozilla/npapi.h
> /usr/include/mozilla/npupp.h
> /usr/include/mozilla/jri.h
> /usr/include/mozilla/jri_md.h
> /usr/include/mozilla/jritypes.h
>
> However, they are licensed under the NPL, which is incompatible with the
> GPL.
>
> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html:
>
> The Netscape Public License (NPL)
> This is a free software license, not a strong copyleft, and incompatible
> with the GNU GPL. It consists of the Mozilla Public License with an added
> clause that permits Netscape to use your added code even in their
> proprietary versions of the program. Of course, they do not give you
> permission to use their code in the analogous way. We urge you not to use
> the NPL.
These files are in kdebase too:
kdebase/nsplugins/sdk/jni.h
kdebase/nsplugins/sdk/jni_md.h
kdebase/nsplugins/sdk/jri.h
kdebase/nsplugins/sdk/jri_md.h
kdebase/nsplugins/sdk/jritypes.h
kdebase/nsplugins/sdk/npapi.h
kdebase/nsplugins/sdk/npupp.h
As KDE is GPL, I think there's a problem here.
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