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Re: Any software law experts?

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From	Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk>
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Subject	Re: Any software law experts?
Date	Wed, 9 Nov 2022 20:21:00 -0500
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On 11/9/2022 2:55 PM, e.d.pro...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Wednesday, November 9, 2022 at 2:50:15 PM UTC-5, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> The copyright owner can issue whatever license he/she wants.
>>
> Now, once they've released that code, that license should have to stick with that version.

Whoever got it under a certain license got it under that license.

> That just leaves the other 2 questions.
> Is the iText LGPL license valid on v4.2.0 (and thus acceptable on the openpdf project)?

OpenPDF is under LGPL itself so I would assume so. Why would it not?

> Is the iText MPL license invalid on v2.1.7, and does that invalidate
> (not legal) every project that depends on it, particularly
> jasperreports/dynamicreports?
Per FSF then MPL 2.0 is compatible with GPL and LGPL while MPL 1.x
is not GPL compatible - they do not mention LGPL but I assume
non-compatible with that as well.

If this is important for you then you should really consult
a lawyer that specializes in open source licenses to
get real legal advice.

Arne

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Any software law experts? "e.d.pro...@gmail.com" <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2022-11-08 06:00 -0800
  Re: Any software law experts? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2022-11-08 19:32 -0500
    Re: Any software law experts? "e.d.pro...@gmail.com" <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2022-11-09 04:21 -0800
      Re: Any software law experts? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2022-11-09 14:38 -0500
        Re: Any software law experts? "e.d.pro...@gmail.com" <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2022-11-09 11:51 -0800
          Re: Any software law experts? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2022-11-09 16:12 -0500
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          Re: Any software law experts? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2022-11-09 14:50 -0500
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