[Greasemonkey] GPL compatibility

[Terry Lurie]

No, GPL would not cover scripts.

On 6/3/05, Saravana Kumar <saravanannkl at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6/3/05, Mark Pilgrim <pilgrim at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 6/3/05, Aaron Boodman <zboogs at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 5/28/05, Mark Pilgrim <pilgrim at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > On 5/28/05, Aaron Boodman <zboogs at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > GPL is fine by me. Actually, I'd prefer something more like the
> > > > > Academic Free License because it doesn't restrict mods to being as
> > > > > open as the original.
> > > >
> > > > Well that wouldn't really be a step in the right direction, since the
> > > > Academic Free License isn't GPL-compatible either.
> > >
> > > Mark, can you please explain what you mean by that? Or point me at a
> > > good compare-and-contrast OS licenses page?
> >
> > http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html
> >
> > GPL compatibility matters because people can create their own
> > standalone extensions using the Greasemonkey compiler, which includes
> > code from Greasemonkey itself in the resulting .XPI file.  So the
> > license of Greasemonkey itself determines how developers can license
> > their compiled extensions:
> >
> > 1. Licensing Greasemonkey under the GPL would force developers to
> > license their compiled extensions under the GPL.
> > 2. Licensing Greasemonkey under a GPL-compatible license such as
> > BSD-new or MIT would allow (but not require) developers to license
> > their compiled extensions under the GPL.
> > 3. Licensing Greasemonkey under a non-GPL-compatible license such as
> > MPL or AFL would preclude developers from licensing their compiled
> > extensions under the GPL.
> >
> > #3 is the current state.  I'm pushing for #1, but would settle for #2.
> >
> > --
> > Cheers,
> > -Mark
> 
> If Greasemonkey is released under GPL, is it mandatory to release my
> user scripts under GPL ?
> 
> Saravanan
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