oops that was from slashdot so i don't hold much of responsibility for writing that... yeah... the wording is correct here though.. just wanted to make clear i got it from slashdot.. thing is since it is in gplv2 u can't make it proprietary (if u mean closed source) or gpl for that matter anyways..
so intel clearly doesn't want the same code to go for proprietary systems... or it wud not be gpled On 7/27/07, Kushal Hada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Prasanna > > I thought that proprietary and commercial are not the same thing. > > I think RMS (and by extension free software) is not opposed to > commercial implementations but rather to proprietary standards. > > Kushal > > > "Intel Software Dispatch have announced the availability of the > Threading > > Building Blocks (TBB) template library under the > > GPL<http://threadingbuildingblocks.org/>v2 with the run-time exception > > -- so this previously commercial only package > > is now open for all the use, whether for open-source projects or > commercial > > offerings (although they are explicitly encouraging open source use). > > PS: your reply will go to the google group > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ FOSS Nepal mailing list foss-nepal@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
