[logback-user] Classpath exception

[Ceki Gulcu]

Hello Frank,

Well put. As you point out, changing the logback license to GPL+"classpath 
exception" instead of LGPL or LGPL+classpath exception seems like the simpler 
approach. Moreover, the GPL+classpath exception has highly visible and accepted 
precedents whereas LGPL+classpath does not.



Franck Routier wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> as I understand the "classpath exception" stuff, it would rather apply
> to the GPL, not the LGPL.
> 
> IANAL, but I think the reason why Sun, for example, has chosen the GPL
> +classpath exception instead of the LGPL is that the LGPL is not very
> clear, stable, coherent, etc. from a legal point of view.
> 
> It is also more restrictive than GPL+exception.
> 
> GPL + exception has the same goals as LGPL, but is more robust, and a
> bit more permissive.
> 
> I really don't know the result of adding the classpath exception to the
> LGPL licence...
> 
> see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPL_linking_exception
> 
> Other than that, I would have no personal objection !
> 
> Franck
> 
> 
> Le lundi 07 avril 2008 à 22:31 +0200, Ceki Gulcu a écrit :
>> Hello,
>>
>> Subsequent to a request on the pax-logging mailing list [1], Niclas
>> Hedhman asked me whether we would add a "Classpath exception" to our
>> LGPL license.
>>
>> In principle, I have no objections to adding such an exception. As
>> such, I intend to add the following two paragraphs to logback's
>> license statement.
>>
>>
>>    Classpath Exception
>>
>>    According to the terms of LGPL, a "Combined Work" is a work produced
>> by combining or linking an  Application with logback (the Library). In
>> section 4, the LGPL mandates that one may convey a Combined Work under
>> terms  of  one's  choice  that,  taken together,  effectively  do  not
>> restrict modification of the portions  of the Library contained in the
>> Combined   Work   and   reverse   engineering   for   debugging   such
>> modifications.
>>
>>
>>    As a  special exception, the  copyright holders of logback  give you
>> permission  to link  logback with  independent modules  to  produce an
>> executable,  regardless  of the  license  terms  of these  independent
>> modules,  and to copy  and distribute  the resulting  executable under
>> terms of  your choice,  provided that you  also meet, for  each linked
>> independent module,  the terms and  conditions of the license  of that
>> module. An independent module is a module which is not derived from or
>> based on logback. If you modify logback, you may extend this exception
>> to your version of  logback, but you are not obliged to  do so. If you
>> do  not wish  to  do so,  delete  this exception  statement from  your
>> version.
>>
>> Any comments?
>>
>>
>> [1] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.java.ops4j.general/4636/focus=4637
>>
> 
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