[Coin-discuss] COIN-OR licences again...

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 15:28 -0400, Alan King wrote:
> 
> According to the CPL, anyone can redistribute the software under any
> kind of license, provided the terms of the CPL are met.  These are:
> the disclaimers, and where to get the source code if it is not
> included in the bundle. 
> 
> Again -- what is the problem? 

The problem is with the GPL side.  The GPL does not permit distribution
of a "work as a whole" that is not entirely GPL compatible.  The FSF
asserts that the CPL is not GPL compatible (for GPLv2 because of the
patent clauses, for GPLv3 because of the choice of law clause).

Lacking case law, their assertion regarding compatibility would seem to
be definitive.

-- 
                Matthew Saltzman

Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs