0001795: rts/lib/gml/gml.cpp is incompatible with other Spring licenses

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0001795

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2010-01-13 08:58

2010-01-15 17:53

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mammadori

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zerver

Priority

normal

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major

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N/A

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resolved

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fixed

Product Version

0.80.5

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0.80.5+git

Summary

0001795: rts/lib/gml/gml.cpp is incompatible with other Spring licenses

Description

Hi,
debian-games folks raised to my attention that the OpenGL Multithreading Library License as found in "rts/lib/gml/gml.cpp" in the sources is "too ambiguous to be FSF-free or DFSG-free".

They asked me if the author can provide a licence like MIT/Expat or BSD license (or a different one, like GPL if he likes).

The problem rise because most copyright laws asks to give explict rights while this licence does not give explicit rights to "modify or distribute", this will cause a possible incompatibility with GPL, BSD and some other licences available in the Spring codebase.

License Text from gml.cpp:
--------- * -----------
// Author: Mattias "zerver" Radeskog
// (C) Ware Zerver Tech. http://zerver.net
// Ware Zerver Tech. licenses this library
// to be used freely for any purpose, as
// long as this notice remains unchanged
--------- * -----------

So it provides just "use" rights.

If fixed could you provide a git url to the commits there too?

Many thanks.

Additional Information

Also described there on the forums:

http://springrts.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=21653

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
Issue History
2010-01-13 08:58	mammadori	New Issue
2010-01-15 17:53	zerver	Status	new => resolved
2010-01-15 17:53	zerver	Fixed in Version	=> 0.80.5+git
2010-01-15 17:53	zerver	Resolution	open => fixed
2010-01-15 17:53	zerver	Assigned To	=> zerver

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