Re: Plans for 2.8 - GNOME Managed Language Services?

[Miguel de Icaza <miguel ximian com>]

Hello,

> Actually my previous mail mentioned the wrong GPL paragraph. The RAND
> incompatability is even more clear that so, point seven spells is out
> clear:
> 
> 7. If, as a consequence of a court judgment or allegation of patent
> infringement or for any other reason (not limited to patent issues),
> conditions are imposed on you (whether by court order, agreement or
> otherwise) that contradict the conditions of this License, they do not
> excuse you from the conditions of this License. If you cannot distribute
> so as to satisfy simultaneously your obligations under this License and
> any other pertinent obligations, then as a consequence you may not
> distribute the Program at all. For example, if a patent license would
> not permit royalty-free redistribution of the Program by all those who
> receive copies directly or indirectly through you, then the only way you
> could satisfy both it and this License would be to refrain entirely from
> distribution of the Program.

Great, so RAND + Royalty free is perfectly fine with the GPL.

Miguel