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Posted to dev@cocoon.apache.org by Michael Hartle <mh...@hartle-klug.com> on 2004/02/25 01:48:47 UTC

OT: Apache license 2.0 compatible to GPL ?

Hi all,

after reading a Slashdot article 
(http://slashdot.org/articles/04/02/24/1658225.shtml), a referenced page
(http://www.apache.org/licenses/GPL-compatibility) and remembering(?) 
the recent ban/removal/replacement/whatever of GPL-based components from 
Cocoon's CVS, I am a bit confused: Apache License v2.0 is compatible to 
the GPL (Apache works *can* be incorporated into GPL works), but not the 
other way around (GPL works cannot be incorporated into Apache works) ?

Best regards,

Michael Hartle,
Hartle & Klug Consulting GmbH

Re: OT: Apache license 2.0 compatible to GPL ?

Posted by Bertrand Delacretaz <bd...@apache.org>.

Le Mercredi, 25 fév 2004, à 01:48 Europe/Zurich, Michael Hartle a écrit 
:

> ...GPL works cannot be incorporated into Apache works) ?

GPL hasn't changed and is still viral as ever, so GPL software cannot 
be distributed with ASF software. Doing so would force the ASF software 
to adopt the GPL as well.

-Bertrand