They are using it to prevent a free software project becoming dependant
on a non free product that they can't modify and isnt free. Their
argument is precisely identical to the case where I produce a binary
only module the kernel depends on for functionality - say the networking
and say "its ok, its not being charged for - look at KDE you said that
was ok".
Its ok by the BSD license, and by all means pick appropriate licenses
when you want to do such things. It is not ok by the GPL
Alan
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