Re: [Savannah-hackers] savannah.gnu.org: submission of FXScintilla

[Gilles Filippini]

"Jaime E . Villate" wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 05:24:05PM -0500, address@hidden wrote:
> >
> > A package was submitted to savannah.gnu.org.
> > This mail was sent to address@hidden, address@hidden
> >
> >
> > Gilles Filippini <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
> > License: lgpl
> > Other License:
> > Package: FXScintilla
> > System name: fxscintilla
> > This package does NOT want to apply for inclusion in the GNU project
> >
> > FXScintilla is a port of the Scintilla widget (http://scintilla.org) to the 
> > FOX GUI toolkit (http://fox-toolkit.org). It provides also a FOX port of 
> > the demonstrating SciTE editor (http://scintilla.org/SciTE.html).
> >
> > It is a C++ project.
> > FXRuby (http://fxruby.sourceforge.net) provides ruby bindings to the FOX 
> > library, and an unofficial (for the time being) binding to FXScintilla.
> > This way FXScintilla is used by the FreeRIDE project (http://rubyide.org)
> >
> > FXScintilla already exists and you can download the latest tarball at 
> > http://pini.free.fr/scite144fox2.tgz
> 
> Hi,
> You said that your project is released under the LGPL, but in the tarball I
> see that it is currently under some "Modified BSD" type license. If you want
> to keep that license, you will have to register the project again, choosing
> the MBSD license. If you prefer to use LGPL (which I think is a better choice)
> you should do what they tell you to do in
> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.html
> and when you're done, please register your project again.
> 
> Cheers,
> Jaime

Hi Jaime,

Thanks for processing my request.
Well, the facts are:
- Scintilla is distributed under MBSD
- To realize FXScintilla, I've had to
        + add specific sources (fox directories)
        + modify a bit some of the Scintilla sources
- I'd like to release FXScintilla under LGPL - That's why I chose this
  license while registering to Savanah
- But I haven't adressed licensing issues in the sources yet

I've read the gpl-howto. I still have one question unanswered:
Can I release FXScintilla under LGPL, knowing that it ships onto a
modified Scintilla which is under MBSD ?

Thanks in advance.
_gilles.