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Oracle proposes donating OpenOffice.org to Apache Software Foundation

Posted Jun 7, 2011 13:33 UTC (Tue) by Trelane (subscriber, #56877)
In reply to: Oracle proposes donating OpenOffice.org to Apache Software Foundation by kragil
Parent article: Oracle proposes donating OpenOffice.org to Apache Software Foundation

> If ASF wants to integrate LGPL or MPL code into their ASL code it would become LGPL or LGPL.

It depends entirely on how they do the integration. If they mutate the libraries, then yes. If they just call the libraries, then no.

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Posted Jun 7, 2011 17:30 UTC (Tue) by Wol (guest, #4433) [Link]

How would using MPL code make the program GPL?

And if the code is dual-licenced, it lets the distributor CHOOSE. If I use dual MPL/GPL code, I can use the MPL licence and my code does not become GPL.

Cheers,
Wol

Oracle proposes donating OpenOffice.org to Apache Software Foundation

Posted Jun 7, 2011 18:21 UTC (Tue) by Trelane (subscriber, #56877) [Link]

I was referring specifically to LGPL-licensed code, not dual-licensed. Sorry if that wasn't clear.

Neither MPL nor LGPL will force the distributor to make their program GPL, it should also be noted.