%% Dominik Vogt <fvwm-workers@fvwm.org> writes: dv> 5) Determining a way how the license can cooexist with the GPL is dv> a very delicate matter. It will take time to write down a dv> water-proof license.
Unfortunately(?) the GPL is extremely robust in the face of such things. Any license which adds _any_ restriction beyond what is required by the GPL is not compatible with the GPL, and cannot be combined with code licensed under it. As I mentioned before, even the BSD advertising clause, which _was_ perfectly acceptable to both Debian and the OSS, was not compatible with the GPL. There is absolutely no possible way a license with clauses such as the ones you described previously can coexist with GPL'd code, no matter how carefully crafted or how much time is spent on it. The exact same freedoms that we depend on to keep our code free from proprietary use are the ones which prevent you from restricting its use by the entities you mention--as is so often the case, sharp tools cut both ways. dv> 6) In case I can not find a license I currently see the only the dv> option to completely cease contributing to the open source dv> community. That would be a great shame, to be sure. I sincerely hope it doesn't come to that. Peace. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Find some GNU make tips at: http://www.gnu.org http://make.paulandlesley.org "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL:http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm-workers" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
