On Sat, 2011-03-26 at 10:19 +0100, Niels Thykier wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > On 2011-03-26 10:06, Chris wrote: > > On Fri, 2011-03-25 at 21:39 +0100, Niels Thykier wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >> Hash: SHA256 > >> > >> On 2011-03-25 19:04, Christopher Baines wrote: > >>> Package: wnpp > >>> Severity: wishlist > >>> > >>> Package name : eclipse-plugin-avr > >>> Version : 2.3.4 > >>> Upstream Author : > >>> URL : http://avr-eclipse.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/The_AVR_Eclipse_Plugin > >>> License : GPL > >>> Programming Lang: Java > >>> Description : tools for developing C programs for the ATMEL AVR series of embedded processors > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> Hey > >> > >> Is this "GPL" or "GPL with exception"? Because if it is a pure GPL, then > >> this plugin cannot be linked against eclipse/SWT since GPL and EPL are > >> incompatiable. > >> > >> ~Niels > > > > I think its pure GPL v3, should I check with the project admin about > > this issue? > > > > Chris > > Please do; if it is a pure GPL v3 then they have to change license of > the project and that can take quite a while as they have to get it > approved by all copyright holders. > > ~Niels Ok, I have a response from the lead developer of the project [1]. > I recently requested that the Eclipse AVR Plug-in be packaged and > included in Debian [1]. However it was brought to my attention that > Eclipse is licensed under the EPL, and this is incompatible with the > GPL, this incomparability according to wikipedia makes combined works > unlawful to distribute [2]. > > Is this correct? > INAL, but I think that this might be correct. The AVR Plugin was already GPL when I took over from the previous maintainer. I like the GPL so I continued with it. However I am aware that using a GPL Plugin with Eclipse is a somewhat grey area due to license incompatibility. I have contemplated for some time to change the AVR plugin license to the EPL, if only to reuse Eclipse and CDT code in the plugin (which I can't do as long as the plugin is still GPL). A license change should not be too difficult as I have written probably 95%+ of the code of the plugin myself. Most of the original GPL code from the previous maintainer and from those 2 or 3 contributors have probably been rewritten multiple times, but I would still have to check that and also, as a courtesy, ask those contributors if they agree with a license change. But as I don't really work on the AVR Plugin anymore (due to time constraints), I have not but any effort into a license change. brgds, Thomas I also filed a bug in the tracker so that this issue can hopefully be tracked and resolved [2]. Chris [1] https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=4D8E5DC7.3000005%40innot.de&forum_name=avr-eclipse-user [2] https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3248913&group_id=189165&atid=928232
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