https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=672491
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=672491#c13
--- Comment #13 from Jörg Schiling
From my discussions with him, it is obvious that he recommends to use the CDDL version as this is the maintained version. He would be OK with the GPL version, but the code used in vcdimager is not "the GPL version" and thus not under GPL.
The code used in vcdimager is not OSS. As a result, the FSF is in conflict with the Copyright law. I see two possible ways of solving the conflict: - make sure that vcdimager is GPLv2 _only_ and _include_ the outdated and unmaintained GPLv2 version of the libedc code _into_ the vcdimager "work". - make sure that the libedc code is a separate project and declare vcdimager to be a collective work of the following independent works: vcdimager (being under GPLv2) without libedc and libedc being a separate work under CDDL. For the combination of GPLv2 and any arbitrary other license, there are useful legal GPL reviews. As the vcdimager project is still under GPLv2, I see no problem with this solution. Given the fact the CDDL is a permissive reciprocal license, the CDDL does not cause any problem and the GPL obviously permits collective works. See e.g. Lawrence Rosen, Thomas Gordon and Lothar Determann. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.