[Fedora-legal-list] MIxing GPL and Apple License

Rahul Sundaram sundaram at fedoraproject.org
Sun Dec 16 20:56:46 UTC 2007


Sergio Pascual wrote:
> Hi, I'm reviewing a program called mt-daap[1]. This program includes
> code under the Apple Public Source License Version 2.0 and the GPLv2 
> 
> In the table of Good Licenses in [2], APSL 2.0 appears as non GPLv2
> compatible. Does that means that code under both licenses can't be
> compiled together? In this case, mt-daap can't be licensed under GPLv2

This combination of incompatible licensed code would make the whole 
program non-redistributable except by the original authors. They either 
need to rewrite the APSL or GPL licensed code afaik.

Rahul




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