Messages in this thread | | | From | Peter Samuelson <> | Date | Wed, 10 Nov 1999 02:45:23 -0600 (CST) | Subject | RE: Reiserfs licencing - possible GPL conflict? |
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[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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