[POLITICAL] Re: [Fribidi-discuss] License question to the pro ject owners

[Paulo Soares]

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Omer Zak [SMTP:omerz at actcom.co.il]
> Sent:	Friday, July 11, 2003 13:01
> To:	Fribidi Discussion List
> Subject:	[POLITICAL] Re: [Fribidi-discuss] License question to the
> project owners
> 
> 
> On Fri, 11 Jul 2003, Paulo Soares wrote:
> 
> > My problems start with the dual licensing of iText. Either I say
> somewhere
> > that if you want Arabic without using awt you are restricted to LGPL or,
> and
> > that's my request, I get some kind of exception from you for this
> partial
> > port to java and the MPL/LGPL license can still be applied even for the
> > fribidi part.
> 
> My position, as a (minor) contributor to FriBidi development:
> I require that my contributions to FriBidi continue to be singly-licensed
> under the LGPL, and I don't accept MPL as an alternative license.
> 
> One of my concerns about MPL is clause 4 - "Inability to Comply Due to
> Statute or Regulation", which allows the software to be distributed in
> countries, whose laws override provisions of the MPL.
> 
	I have my doubts that such countries would also treat LGPL with
fairness,

> Given the current state of enmity between Arabic-speaking countries and
> Hebrew-speaking countries in the world, such a loophole might be used by
> fanatic contributors to prohibit use of their technically sound
> contribution with text in one of the above languages, if the laws of their
> country support such a prohibition.
> 
	Again, I doubt that fanatics care that much about the law.

	Best Regards,
	Paulo Soares

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