Fwd: License question

> From: Paolo Bonzini <[hidden email]>
> Date: October 12, 2010 10:43:25 AM GMT+02:00
> To: "Fitzell, Julian" <[hidden email]>
> Cc: [hidden email], [hidden email], [hidden email]
> Subject: Re: [Pharo-project] License question
>
> On 10/12/2010 10:37 AM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>>
>> It's tricky terrain, but the FSF itself did it multiple times with its
>> "provide a free replacement for a non-free package" policy.  It's one of
>> the few areas in which you'll hear me saying their evaluation criteria
>> is biased ("if you use this to make a free derivative it's fine, if you
>> use this to make a non-copyleft derivative it's not").
>>
>> However, in this case it doesn't apply.  What I suggested is to copy the
>> API of an existing non-copyleft package (Didier Besset's numerical
>> methods) and use it in the GPL'd bindings that BSchwab (I think) wrote
>> for GSL.
>
> Hmm, an old post suggests that the code from numerical methods is under the LGPL.  So, this is not a feasible way to get it under MIT.
>
> Paolo