[Savannah-register-public] Re: [gnu.org #220951] LGPL-compatibility of Condor and LAM-MPI

[Sylvain Beucler via RT]

On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 08:09:27PM -0500, Dave Turner via RT wrote:
> > address@hidden - Sat Feb 05 03:53:03 2005]:
> > 
> > On Thu, Feb 03, 2005 at 07:54:46PM -0500, Dave Turner via RT wrote:
> > > > address@hidden - Thu Feb 03 17:53:44 2005]:
> > > > 
> > > > Hello,
> > > > 
> > > > I am reviewing the 'paradiseo' project at Savannah. This software
> > > > relies among others on Condor and LAM-MPI.
> > > > 
> > > > The 'paradiseo' project is released under the GNU *L*GPL. I would like
> > > > to know if the dependencies licenses are compatible with the LGPL.
> > > > 
> > > > The license of Condor can be found here:
> > > > http://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor/downloads/v6.7.license.html
> > > > I am wondering about sections 3 and 4.
> > > > 
> > > > The license of LAM-MPI is attached or can be found in:
> > > > http://www.lam-mpi.org/download/files/lam-7.1.1.tar.bz2
> > > > That one looks like a PHP license.
> > > 
> > > They can be combined with LGPL works, but the work as a whole can't be
> > > licensed under the LGPL, and can't be combined with GPL works.
> > 
> > Do you see a way to license the 'paradiseo' code under a GNU
> > GPL-compatible license, while allowing it to use Condor and LAM-MPI?
> > 
> > Relicensing 'paradiseo' under the Expat license?
> 
> The problem isn't the license of paradiseo.  It's the license of Condor
> and LAM-MPI.  So, no change in the license of paradiseo will help.

Do you mean there is no legal way for paradiseo to use Condor and
LAM-MPI?

Here's my constraints:
- code hosted at Savannah has to be GNU GPL-compatible
- dependencies have to be free software (although they can be GNU
  GPL-incompatible)

Maybe this needs to be precised (should we actually require
GPL-compatibility of dependencies?).

I though that if the code were released under a simple non-copyleft
license such as Expat's, the linking with Condor&LAM-MPI could legally
be done, while the application code stricto sensu would be GNU
GPL-compatible and eligible for Savannah hosting (although not usable
in a GNU GPL-licensed program without getting rid of the GNU
GPL-incompatible dependencies first).

-- 
Sylvain