Matt England asks:
> Can I reuse your autconf/rpmbuild input files without restriction?
[...]
> My project is GPL-based. I had considering add this header to the
> related files I would create this way (as per
> <http://subversion.tigris.org/project_license.html>). However, my
> team's legal advise has said:
>
> "Although the GNU website does not list this [Subversion] license as one
> that they consider to be incompatible with the GPL, it could be seen as
> incompatible due to the acknowledgement requirements in the
> documentation."
You're not going to find any Subversion developer, nor CollabNet, go after
you for including Subversion code inside of a GPL'd product. This is the
same text as in the Apache 1.1 and 2.0 licenses, for what it's worth, and
it's in line with the GPL's own requirements for notifying end-users of
its existance. It's a conflict only so far as any license that is not a
strict subset of the requirements placed by the GPL is a conflict.
Brian
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Received on Fri Apr 14 21:35:28 2006