Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 11 Feb 1998 21:58:29 +0100 | From | ralf@uni-kobl ... | Subject | Re: [OFFTOPIC] GTK and alternative GUIs and windowing systems in Linux |
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On Wed, Feb 11, 1998 at 09:43:35AM -0800, Trevor Johnson wrote:
> Joe Pranevich: > > > Okay, you seem to be misunderstanding the meaning of the word "free" as > > far as the Linux community is concerned. Maybe you should replace every > > occurance of the word "free" with the word "open" to reduce confusion. > > > > Open == GPL. End of story. > > Not at all. The Linux kernel is released with a modified, less > restrictive GPL (see the COPYING file) except that parts of it > (include/linux/quota.h, include/net/slhc_vj.h, drivers/net/slhc.c, > drivers/net/bsd_comp.c) are under the BSD license, which has fewer > restrictions still. There are other kinds of free software too--check on > http://wei.larc.nasa.gov/doc/copyright/ for some examples.
The GPL in the kernel hasn't been changed. That would be a violation of the licencse terms for the GPL document:
--- snip --- Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. --- snap ---
Ralf
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