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List:       kdevelop-devel
Subject:    Re: Change the License of the C++ parser
From:       Mathieu Chouinard <mchoui () e-c ! qc ! ca>
Date:       2005-11-18 18:10:41
Message-ID: 200511181310.42043.mchoui () e-c ! qc ! ca
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On November 18, 2005 04:32, Roberto Raggi wrote:
> On Thursday 17 November 2005 19:57, Mathieu Chouinard wrote:
> > On November 17, 2005 11:41, Roberto Raggi wrote:
> > > On Thursday 17 November 2005 17:27, Anne-Marie Mahfouf wrote:
> > > > Another question about parsers in general. Someone told me that Eclipse
> > > > uses some free parsers, can't we take one from there instead of writing
> > > > our own? Just asking, I don't mean to flame or anything!
> > >
> > > no we can't ... the eclipse license is incompatible with GPL :( more info
> > > on eclipse.org
> > >
> > > ciao robe
> >
> > it would be nice if you added some documentations :)
> > Mathieu
> 
> for Mathieu the lazy guy...
> 
> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html#GPLIncompatibleLicenses
> 
> Common Public License Version 1.0 
> This is a free software license but it is incompatible with the GPL.
> The Common Public License is incompatible with the GPL because it has various 
> specific requirements that are not in the GPL.
> 
> For example, it requires certain patent licenses be given that the GPL does 
> not require. (We don't think those patent license requirements are inherently 
> a bad idea, but nonetheless they are incompatible with the GNU GPL.)
> 
> Eclipse Public License Version 1.0 
> The Eclipse Public License is similar to the Common Public License, and our 
> comments on the CPL apply equally to the EPL. The only change is that the EPL 
> removes the broader patent retaliation language regarding patent infringement 
> suits specifically against Contributors to the EPL'd program.
> 
> ciao robe
> 
the documentation comment was about your parser generator ;)
Mathieu
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