* Henning Makholm: > Well, exactly in the LGPL case we don't need to scrutinize the entire > license. We can do with noticing that any work covered by the LGPL is > effectively dual-licensed with pure GPL, so the freedom of the former > follows from freedom of the latter.
Linking with GPL-incompatible libraries could mean that we can't exercise the GPL option, so it's not that simple, I think. > A detailed analysis of the GPL might be an interesting exercise. But > I'm afraid that it has several points where our best argument that it > is free is that it is explicitly grandfathered by the DFSG. And if the GPL fails the DFSG, that's a bug in the DFSG anyway. 8-) -- Current mail filters: many dial-up/DSL/cable modem hosts, and the following domains: atlas.cz, bigpond.com, di-ve.com, hotmail.com, jumpy.it, libero.it, netscape.net, postino.it, simplesnet.pt, tiscali.co.uk, tiscali.cz, tiscali.it, voila.fr, yahoo.com.