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SubjectRe: [OFFTOPIC] GTK and alternative GUIs and windowing systems in Linux
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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