{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/loopindex/ckeditor-track-changes/issues/34","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/loopindex/ckeditor-track-changes","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/loopindex/ckeditor-track-changes/issues/34/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/loopindex/ckeditor-track-changes/issues/34/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/loopindex/ckeditor-track-changes/issues/34/events","html_url":"https://github.com/loopindex/ckeditor-track-changes/issues/34","id":46856184,"number":34,"title":"Licensing problem","user":{"login":"Zimmi48","id":1108325,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1108325?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/Zimmi48","html_url":"https://github.com/Zimmi48","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Zimmi48/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Zimmi48/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Zimmi48/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Zimmi48/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Zimmi48/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Zimmi48/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Zimmi48/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Zimmi48/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Zimmi48/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":8,"created_at":"2014-10-26T21:54:57Z","updated_at":"2016-04-26T10:04:39Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Hello,\r\n\r\nI am considering using your library but I'm concerned that the licensing terms may be unlawful.\r\n\r\nAs I understand it, your plugin is based upon Ice (NYTimes). But the Ice library is distributed under the GPL v2.0. Unless you are not using the Ice code anymore (but the README says you are) or unless you got written agreements from all the copyright holders of Ice to sub-license their code (which is unlikely), you were not allowed to switch the license from GPL v2 to LGPL + MPL.\r\n\r\nAs you may have heard, the GPL is a viral license which means that as soon as you have used in your software a piece of code that was under this license, all your software code is automatically under this license.\r\n\r\nThis is unfortunate that the Ice plugin is distributed solely under the GPL v2 license. I was appealed by the fact that your plugin appeared to be distributed under MPL as I am myself building software under that license.\r\n\r\nMaybe a solution would be to convince the authors of Ice to relicense it to MPL and LGPL. That would still be difficult however because it requires tracking down all the copyright holders (who could be many).\r\n\r\nSo I think the easiest thing to do is to switch back to GPL in order to comply with the Ice licensing terms."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/loopindex/ckeditor-track-changes/issues/comments/214691177","html_url":"https://github.com/loopindex/ckeditor-track-changes/issues/34#issuecomment-214691177","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/loopindex/ckeditor-track-changes/issues/34","id":214691177,"user":{"login":"Zimmi48","id":1108325,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1108325?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/Zimmi48","html_url":"https://github.com/Zimmi48","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Zimmi48/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Zimmi48/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Zimmi48/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Zimmi48/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Zimmi48/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Zimmi48/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Zimmi48/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Zimmi48/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Zimmi48/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-04-26T10:04:39Z","updated_at":"2016-04-26T10:04:39Z","body":"Hello,\r\nIn my opinion this does not solve the issue I raised initially: if you are still based on Ice and that you were not able to talk to the authors of the Ice plugin, then your own library can only be distributed under GPL v2 (not GPL v3 and not a dual or triple license).\r\nHowever, IANAL and you should probably talk to a lawyer if you absolutely want to continue to use these licenses.\r\nBest regards"}}