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>>>>> On Sun, 22 Mar 2015, Rich Freeman wrote: |
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> On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 4:21 AM, Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o> wrote: |
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>> It is even doubtful if any third-party ebuilds added to such a tree |
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>> could be under a different license. If such ebuilds inherit from |
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>> a GPL licensed eclass or depend on (or are depended on by) other |
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>> ebuilds, they cannot "be reasonably considered independent and |
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>> separate works in themselves". |
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> That has been a longstanding argument with the GPL (you can link |
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> with the LGPL under a non-free license, but not with the GPL). |
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> However, it has never actually been tested in court and I'm not |
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> convinced that it will actually stand up. |
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That's why I wrote "doubtful". To be on the safe side, one should go |
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with the FSF's interpretation of the matter. |
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Ulrich |
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