On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 11:32 AM, Thomas Davie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sure it does -- it prevents the use of software for things that are closed > source. "Thing that are closed source" is not a use of software. Programs don't become more or less capable of designing rockets or writing subversive literature because the licence changes. The GPL provides an identical number of restrictions in this case as the BSD licence. Either way, the OP subscribes to the GPL ethic. Such arguments cloud the real point of discussion --- which licence (if any) satisfies the "permanent freedom" clause with some flexibility for linking? D _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe