Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] forced GPL in CGRAN? gr-ucla code in BBN repo not GPL?

[Brian Padalino]

On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 2:51 PM, Michael Dickens <address@hidden> wrote:
> gr-ucla requires gnuradio-core, and hence is not a separate program by GPL's
> definition.

Doesn't this become a GNU Radio license issue then - not really a
gr-ucla license issue?

Source can be built without linking the object code with GNU Radio -
it's a standalone piece.  That being said, it won't do anything
interesting - but it is standalone.  Once you link against GNU Radio,
then it becomes a GNU Radio licensing issue - but that shouldn't stop
the author of the original source to have to worry about said
licensing issues.

Putting CGRAN projects into the GR trunk is the main issue, right?  It
would seem the only way to do this would be to have a GPL v3
compatible license associated with the project.

So, it seems, for any hope of being incorporated into the main GR
trunk, GPL v3 compatible must be used - otherwise, it can be whatever
license the author decides as long as it does NOT include files COPIED
from the GNU Radio, and only links against the libraries.

Does that make sense?

Brian