[Koha-devel] Upgrading Koha's license?

[MJ Ray]

Robin Sheat <robin at catalyst.net.nz>
> Op 16-11-12 08:53, MJ Ray schreef:
> > Probably nothing.  Is this mere aggregation, or are you planning to
> > include Bootstrap dependencies into GPL2+ code?
> 
> Assuming bootstrap is a JS/CSS library, when you include it into the
> template, you're (I'm not a lawyer) linking in a way very much akin to
> linking a C library I would think.

Really?  Isn't this closer to use'ing a perl module than linking a C
library?  Unless we get into stuff like precompiling templates to
include bits of Bootstrap.  Anyone know the case law?  After the awful
GPL3 drafting process, I walked away from licensing theory a bit so
I'm not 100% sure.

Even if it was like C linking, that would move only koha-tmpl to GPL3+
(because it derives from both the GPL2+ perl parts of Koha and the AL2
Bootstrap), but the perl parts could remain GPL2+ without problem.

Thanks,
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