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Posted to legal-discuss@apache.org by rd...@apache.org on 2009/08/22 09:38:21 UTC
svn commit: r806801 - in /infrastructure/site/trunk:
docs/licenses/GPL-compatibility.html xdocs/licenses/GPL-compatibility.xml
Author: rdonkin
Date: Sat Aug 22 07:38:21 2009
New Revision: 806801
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=806801&view=rev
Log:
Include a link to the Software Freedom Law Center to head off questions about how to include Apache licensed source in GPL'd projects
Modified:
infrastructure/site/trunk/docs/licenses/GPL-compatibility.html
infrastructure/site/trunk/xdocs/licenses/GPL-compatibility.xml
Modified: infrastructure/site/trunk/docs/licenses/GPL-compatibility.html
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/infrastructure/site/trunk/docs/licenses/GPL-compatibility.html?rev=806801&r1=806800&r2=806801&view=diff
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--- infrastructure/site/trunk/docs/licenses/GPL-compatibility.html [utf-8] (original)
+++ infrastructure/site/trunk/docs/licenses/GPL-compatibility.html [utf-8] Sat Aug 22 07:38:21 2009
@@ -75,7 +75,12 @@
<a href="http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/#apache2">considers</a>
the <a href="http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0">Apache License, Version 2.0</a>
to be a <a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html">free software</a>
-license, <a href="http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/compat.html">compatible</a> with version 3 of the <a href="http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl.html">GPL</a>.
+license, <a href="http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/compat.html">compatible</a>
+with version 3 of the <a href="http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl.html">GPL</a>.
+The <a href="http://www.softwarefreedom.org/">Software Freedom Law Center</a>
+provides
+<a href="http://www.softwarefreedom.org/resources/2007/gpl-non-gpl-collaboration.html">practical advice</a>
+for developers about including permissively licensed source.
</p>
<p>Apache 2 software can therefore be included in GPLv3 projects,
because the GPLv3
Modified: infrastructure/site/trunk/xdocs/licenses/GPL-compatibility.xml
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/infrastructure/site/trunk/xdocs/licenses/GPL-compatibility.xml?rev=806801&r1=806800&r2=806801&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- infrastructure/site/trunk/xdocs/licenses/GPL-compatibility.xml [utf-8] (original)
+++ infrastructure/site/trunk/xdocs/licenses/GPL-compatibility.xml [utf-8] Sat Aug 22 07:38:21 2009
@@ -30,7 +30,12 @@
<a href="http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/#apache2">considers</a>
the <a href="http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0">Apache License, Version 2.0</a>
to be a <a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html">free software</a>
-license, <a href="http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/compat.html">compatible</a> with version 3 of the <a href="http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl.html">GPL</a>.
+license, <a href="http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/compat.html">compatible</a>
+with version 3 of the <a href="http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl.html">GPL</a>.
+The <a href='http://www.softwarefreedom.org/'>Software Freedom Law Center</a>
+provides
+<a href='http://www.softwarefreedom.org/resources/2007/gpl-non-gpl-collaboration.html'>practical advice</a>
+for developers about including permissively licensed source.
</p>
<p>Apache 2 software can therefore be included in GPLv3 projects,
because the GPLv3
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