[Zope-dev] ZPL and GPL licensing issues

[Morten W. Petersen]

On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Erik Enge wrote:

> Now I think I have two different answers to one of my fundamental
> questions in this discussion: if I have a GPL-compatible licensed product
> and I distribute it with a GPL product, do I need to relicense the former
> one to GPL?  Because that is what I understand you to say.  Others have
> said the opposite.

Yes, you can distribute a GPL-compatible licensed code with GPL
licensed code without licencing the former under GPL.  Take a look in the
Linux-kernel source tree for example.

And yes, it would be very interesting to see the underlying reason(s) for
the ZPL..

Regards,

Morten