From: David Brown <caml-list@davidb.org>
To: Ville-Pertti Keinonen <will@exomi.com>
Cc: David Brown <caml-list@davidb.org>, caml-list@inria.fr
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Announce: Schoca-0.2.3 released
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 08:52:57 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20041025155257.GA7762@old.davidb.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <417CB289.1010700@exomi.com>
On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 11:00:09AM +0300, Ville-Pertti Keinonen wrote:
> While you're essentially correct, the above could also be interpreted to
> mean that you can get around the GPL by having the end-user link
> GPL-incompatible software against a GPL component. According to RMS,
> this is not acceptable, even for a minor, optional component (he
> demanded that CLISP change its licensing due to the optional ability to
> link against GNU readline; the author changed to GPL).
RMS has changed his position on this, and, I believe, is going beyond what
the GPL states to apply pressure for others to change their license.
Dave
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-10-25 15:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-10-24 9:03 Christoph Bauer
2004-10-24 18:29 ` skaller
2004-10-25 2:58 ` David Brown
2004-10-25 3:38 ` Jacques Garrigue
2004-10-25 5:01 ` David Brown
2004-10-25 6:08 ` Jacques Garrigue
2004-10-25 6:40 ` skaller
2004-10-25 8:00 ` Ville-Pertti Keinonen
2004-10-25 14:35 ` Stefan Monnier
2004-10-25 15:15 ` [Caml-list] " skaller
2004-10-25 15:25 ` Stefan Monnier
2004-10-25 14:42 ` [Caml-list] " skaller
2004-10-25 15:52 ` David Brown [this message]
2004-10-25 18:10 ` Hartmann Schaffer
2004-10-25 5:56 ` [Caml-list] licence stuff again skaller
2004-10-25 5:18 ` [Caml-list] Announce: Schoca-0.2.3 released skaller
2004-10-25 5:29 ` David Brown
2004-10-25 6:07 ` skaller
2004-10-27 14:42 ` Sven Luther
2004-10-27 14:40 ` Sven Luther
2004-10-27 16:04 ` skaller
2004-10-27 17:46 ` David Brown
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