Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 16 Jan 2003 08:42:40 -0200 (BRST) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: [OFFTOPIC] RMS and reactions to him (YAWN) |
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On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, Andre Hedrick wrote:
> Have you ever pondered the question why some of the new code in 2.5 is > coming up with a dual-license of OSL/GPL ? Is it because OSL has some > meaningful terms understood by the courts? Is it because the folks at OSI > understand a bigger picture?
For the people who haven't found it yet, the OSL can be found here:
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/osl.php
I like this license a lot; to my untrained eye it seems to give much more protection than the GPL.
> Richard, is there a way to make OSL and GPL compatable ? > Richard, will you allow OSL and GPL to coexist ? > Richard, can OSL superceed GPL ? > Richard, can you agree there may be a better license than GPL ? > Richard, if people want to develop under OSL, what are the results > of the combined work? > Richard, if GPL can be improved by the adoption of OSL ideas, > what benefits are there to you idea to holding onto the > past?
Interesting questions, I hope Richard will answer them.
regards,
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