RE: Reiserfs licencing - possible GPL conflict?
Peter Samuelson (peter@wire.cadcamlab.org)
Wed, 10 Nov 1999 02:45:23 -0600 (CST)
[David Schwartz]
> > This is already prohibited by the GPL. In fact, most of the
> > difference between GPL software and PD software is that GPL
> > software may not be integrated with non-GPL software.
[Matthew Kirkwood]
> No. GPL software may not be integrated with non-GPL-compatible
> software. That's a significant difference, when the no-ads BSD
> licence and the MIT licence are both GPL compatible.
In my opinion this distinction is moot, because of the nature of the
GPL itself. The act of distributing GPL-compatibly-licensed software
integrated with GPL software *makes* the whole thing GPL-licensed.
--
Peter Samuelson
<sampo.creighton.edu!psamuels>
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