[Savannah-register-public] [gnu.org #224911] Savannah GPL'd submissions using SWT and Xalan

[Dave Turner via RT]

> address@hidden - Tue Mar 08 02:33:42 2005]:
> 
> Dave Turner via RT wrote:
> >>address@hidden - Sat Mar 05 14:16:38 2005]:
> >>
> >>Hello,
> >>
> >>I am reviewing a project submission at Savannah.
> >>https://savannah.gnu.org/task/index.php?func=detailitem&item_id=3823
> >>
> >>This Java project is released under the GNU GPL, but uses the SWT
> >>   library (which is licensed under the Eclipse Public License AFAICS)
> >>   and also uses the Xalan library (which is released under the Apache
> >>   2 license).
> >>
> >>I think all those licenses are mutually exclusive.
> > 
> > 
> > I can't comment on the compatibility of EPL and ASL2, but both of them
> > are incompatible with the GPL.
> > 
> > 
> >>What would you recommand to do in this case?
> > 
> > 
> > Either use GPL-compatible libraries which accomplish the same thing, or
> > add exceptions to the GPL and get exceptions from the copyright holders
> > of SWT and Xalan.
> > 
> 
> Is there a free license other than GPL that I could use for my 
> software with the EPL and ASL2?

It looks to me like the ASL2 and EPL are compatible.  So, you could use
either.  Unfortunately, the result won't be compatible with the GPL.

-- 
-Dave "Novalis" Turner
GPL Compliance Engineer
Free Software Foundation