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From: | Marco Scheurer |
Subject: | Re: Ocean and the search for a Music Framework |
Date: | Tue, 2 Mar 2004 10:46:36 +0100 |
On Mar 2, 2004, at 4:39 AM, Jeff Teunissen wrote:
Marco Scheurer wrote: [snip]As I understand it the MusicKit license is reasonable, not unlike the Free BSD license. It does not have a publicity clause, merely an encouragement to acknowledge the work of others, and an obligation not to remove copyright notices (quite normal). It should be compatible with the GPL.That is not at issue. What *is* at issue is whether or not the developers of the MusicKit have permission from the copyright holders (namely NeXT/Apple)to relicense said code under any license at all.
I think I addressed this, and that it is clear enough: you have permission if you obey to the MusicKit license. I don't understand how the fact that some files are copyrighted by X rather than Y changes anything.
Obeying means that you can not change the license under which it is distributed. That's why the compatibility is worth mentioning: as I understand it, if the license is considered compatible with GPL, then the GPL allows your package to depend on the MusicKit.
marco Marco Scheurer Sen:te, Lausanne, Switzerland http://www.sente.ch
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