Bug#551861: Fwd: Re: RFP: eclim -- Integration between the eclipse IDE and the VIM text editor
@eclim: see http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=551861
Hi Niels,
> The license of eclipse (EPL) and eclim (GPLv3) are not compatible so if
> eclim links against eclipse, then there is an issue. I have not checked
> whether this is this case with eclim, but it is likely.
>
> This incompatibility is acknowledged both by GNU and eclipse:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclipse_Public_License
> http://www.eclipse.org/legal/eplfaq.php#GPLCOMPATIBLE
> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#GPLIncompatibleLicenses
thank you for pointing this out. I'm not sure whether this incompatibility is
an issue here. AFAIK Eclim delivers a bunch of eclipse plugins, some VIM
plugins and relies on nailgun[1] for the communication between VIM and
Eclipse.
Is it possible to package Eclipse plugins that are licensed under the GPL3? If
not, we should ask the Eclim project if it could add an additional license.
Should it be the Eclipse license then or would a BSD license do?
[1] http://martiansoftware.com/nailgun/
Best regards,
Thomas Koch, http://www.koch.ro
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