Re: [spaces-dev] SVN or CVS?

[Bjorn Freeman-Benson <bjorn.freeman-benson@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

"can the fact that someone creates a GPL'ed implementation of a generic 
API invalidate the API itself " ==> No.
The current issue in front of Eclipse Legal is that *all* the client 
implementations put forward by the Subversive project includes one or 
more licenses that are incompatible with the EPL. That does not prevent 
someone (them) from creating a client implementation that works with the 
EPL - and I hope they do so soon!

Thomas Hallgren wrote:
> I'm just afraid that someone is making a mistake that has a profound 
> impact. AFAIK, both Subversive and Subclipse depend on the Apache/BSD 
> licensed generic SVN client library. The SVNKit (with GPL'ish license) 
> is just one of the implementations. It's optional. Does the other 
> implementation (the JavaHL) have GPL dependencies also? If the answer 
> is no, then next question is, can the fact that someone creates a 
> GPL'ed implementation of a generic API invalidate the API itself (same 
> question is of course valid for extension points)?