Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 17 Jul 1998 02:55:04 -0600 | From | Richard Stallman <> | Subject | Re: FreeGPL license proposal (was Re: Linus Speaks About KDE-Bashing) |
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There are two drawbacks with the Mozilla Public License.
1. It is not a real copyleft, because its form of copyleft applies only to changes within an existing source file. Anyone can easily make proprietary extensions to an MPL-covered prorgam by putting his code into subroutines and putting them in separate files.
2. It is incompatible with the GPL. In other words, if program A is released under the MPL and program B is released under the GPL, linking A and B cannot be done in a way that complies with both licenses.
If you want to release a program in a way that isn't a firm copyleft, but allows linking it with anything whatever, I suggest using either the LGPL or the distribution terms used for Guile.
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