Re: [libreplanet-discuss] applying the GPL to some clojure code

[Koz Ross]

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On Thu, 3 Dec 2015 10:14:09 +0100
Catonano <catonano@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello people,
> 
> If this is not the right place, I apologize.
> 
> I'd like to apply the GPL license to a small clojure project of mine.
> 
> I know that clojure requires the GPL to mention an exception because
> the clojure core libraries and runtime are released under the EPL
> 
> I don't know how to apply that exception.
> 
> I'm not a lawyer and I don't want to do mistakes
> 
> Any help appreciated
> 
> The background is here
> https://medium.com/@catonano/a-daunting-job-ab19d8cc972a#.dfe8gbp9j
> (I gave up on Grafter, since I wrote that article and managed to
> write an 8 Gb file with my code since then)


You're a bit out of luck I'm afraid - the EPL and GPL simply cannot
play along in Clojure, as everything in Clojure (thanks to Java) is
statically-linked. As you'd be linking EPL code into GPL code, no
exception will save you. I've investigated this issue before, and have
asked several people, all of whom have given me this answer.
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