On Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:05:34 +1000 Russell Currey <[email protected]> wrote:
> The FSF specifies that the MPL is not GPL compatible and thus isn't a > free software license. Why do you consider MPL-licensed addons free? Because it is a free software license? The GPL is not the only license that can make something "free software." I recommend you read the entirety of http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/categories.html for more information about this. Quoting from http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#MPL, "This [the MPL] is a free software license which is not a strong copyleft; unlike the X11 license, it has some complex restrictions that make it incompatible with the GNU GPL." So, yes, the MPL is not GPL-compatible, but it's still very much a valid free software license. ~reed -- Reed Loden - <[email protected]> / <[email protected]> The GNU Project [gnu.org] Free Software Foundation [fsf.org] -- http://gnuzilla.gnu.org
