Fluid Infusion: ECL, BSD, GPL

[Colin Clark]

Hi Everett,

On 18-Jun-09, at 5:55 AM, E.J. Zufelt wrote:
> Not to open a can of worms that I'm sure has been discussed here  
> before.  But, reading through some postings from a while back I am  
> still unclear about Infusions portability to a gnu GPL license.   
> Perhaps I didn't read to the end of the thread.
>
> Is it possible for Infusion to be redistributed under a GPL license?


No cans of worms need be opened. The ECL isn't compatible with GPL, so  
that's why we added the BSD license, giving people the choice of  
preferred license. Here's what the Free Software Foundation says about  
the BSD license that we use:

"It is a simple, permissive non-copyleft free software license,  
compatible with the GNU GPL."
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html

It's a highly permissive license, giving communities the flexibility  
to use Infusion and distribute their code using the license of their  
choice.

Colin

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Colin Clark
Technical Lead, Fluid Project
Adaptive Technology Resource Centre, University of Toronto
http://fluidproject.org