Bug#662923: GPL linking exception for fheroes2?
On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 10:56 AM, Dmitry Smirnov wrote:
> Upstream do not explicitly mention GPL linking exception but he obviously (de-
> facto) granted himself such exception.
He doesn't need an exception since he is presumably the copyright
holder. Under copyright law, copyright holders can do as they like.
Under copyright law, only third-parties need licenses in order to
modify/distribute works. If there are multiple copyright holders they
need to cross-license each other to distribute the work as a whole.
That license could be a privately-negotiated license or a free
software license like the GPL.
> Is it also enough for us or do *we* need an explicit linking exception to
> distribute FHeroes2 binaries (including AI) in non-free?
We need an explicit exception, relicencing the AI, disabling the AI or
replacing the AI with a free version.
> Any comments please?
Sounds like an upstream that is more trouble than it is worth.
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