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["Olivier Dony \(OpenERP\)" <1049301@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Alec,

The confusion comes from the fact that these files (all located in the
`web` subdirectory of the `wiki` module) were originally intended to be
part of the OpenERP 6.0 web client, which was licensed under the OpenERP
Public License (based on MPL v1.1).

Now your question has different answers depending on which OpenERP
version you are considering:

* For OpenERP 6.0: as the files have been moved in the server-side
components of OpenERP 6.0 we should indeed re-license them under a
compatible license. The license boilerplate should be modified to
reflect this.

* For OpenERP 6.1: these files are obsolete (the web layer was
completely rewritten), so we should simply delete this `web`
subdirectory of the wiki module - I think this was overlooked.

* For OpenERP 7.0 (current trunk): the files have already been deleted.

Does that seem to address your issue? If yes, we'll update the source
tree accordingly.

Thanks for reporting this licensing inconsistency!

** Changed in: openobject-addons
   Importance: Undecided => Low

** Changed in: openobject-addons
       Status: New => In Progress

** Changed in: openobject-addons
     Assignee: (unassigned) => OpenERP's Framework R&D (openerp-dev-framework)

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Title:
  Incompatible MPL license in wiki module

Status in OpenERP Addons (modules):
  In Progress
Status in “openerp” package in Fedora:
  New

Bug description:
  In the wiki module, the  files web/controllers/wiki.py and
  web/widgets/wiki.py are distributed under MPL (Mozilla Public License)
  conditions. Other files in the same module are distributed under GPLv3
  + and BSD.

  Legally, this doesnt work IMHO - MPL is not compatible with GPL, so
  the only way to distribute the module would be to split it into two
  independent parts, one with the MPL files and one with the others. To
  me, this doesn't make sense.

  OTOH, both of the MPL files seems to be copyrighted by openerp (i. e.,
  Tiny ERP) so if we just got a message here saying that openerp intends
  to relicense these files under the same GPLv3+ conditions as other
  parts of the product, there is no problem.

  So: Does openerp intend to relicense web/controllers/wiki.py and
  web/widgets/wiki.py under GPLv3+?

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