On 9/22/2016 12:26 PM, Jay Jay Billings
wrote:
I'm not looking to throw a monkey wrench in the discussion,
but based on Jim's discussion point of modified works and C++, I
curious what you think about EPL 2 and LGPL compatibility? The
Eclipse Science Working Group is currently actively discussing
how LGPL projects can play with Eclipse because a very large
amount of Science projects use the LGPL.
Jay,
That's a perfectly valid question. Thanks for asking it.
At the level of file re-use, I would venture that the EPL and LGPL
already are license compatible. By that I mean that it should be
legally possible for an EPL-licensed project to make use of a
LGPL-licensed component. (If anyone disagrees with me, please say
so!)
As far as I know, the Eclipse Foundation's resistance to using
LGPL-licensed prerequisites is not because of license compatibility
in the purely legal sense. It is basically a policy decision. Apache
has a
similar restriction. For that reason, I think that the better
approach would be to have this discussion directly with the Board.
Will you be at EclipseCon Europe?
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