Re: License questions part 2: Interop issues?

["Joshua D. Drake" <..hidden..>]

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Chris Travers wrote:
> Hi all;
> 
> The discussion about the GPL v3 has caused me to think about one other key
> area we probably all need to consider:  Are there portions of our appliction
> that may require additional permissions (beyond the GPL v2 or later) in
> order to facilitate interop with other systems.   I hope everyone here knows
> IANAL....

> Basically the question is the same-- how much intimate knowledge of data
> internals is required for something to be "derivative?"  Furthermore since
> the GPL leaves this in the hands of local laws and courts, there is probably
> no single answer to this question.  Even in the US, the tests of derivation
> differ from circuit to circuit.
> 
> My general feeling is that we should probably issue some additional
> permissions to use our API under certain conditions and we should probably
> discuss how we want to do this (perhaps hiring an attourney in the final
> stages of drafting).  Howecer, I also think that we should think carefully
> about limiting the scope properly so that people can't just package our code
> up in proprietary ways and deny us the changes.
> 
> Maybe something like:
> 
> "Notwithstanding any concerns over derivative works, you have permission to
> call LedgerSMB stored procedures and RESTful Web Service APIs from any other
> work regardless of the license of that work."

I think you are stretching here a bit. With Mono there is a distinct
difference in that you must "link" to mono (and compile with).

We do not have that problem.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake


> 
> Best Wishes,
> Chris Travers
> 
> 
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