Martin Wolters [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > You can find a few open source projects on the web that use the so > called "guile license" which is the GPL + the following paragraph:
> > As a special exception, if you link this library with other files > > to produce an executable, this library does not by itself cause > > the resulting executable to be covered by the GNU General Public I'm not a lawyer, but, if this quote is correct, I believe it is badly drafted, as it appears to leave such derivative works without any licence at all and therefore illegal. I think theiy are missing the point that licences give permissions, even though licence agreements may impose restrictions in consideration for those permissions. I would say that it should not be accepted until it is redrafted to state what permissions do apply to such derivative works (probably also making it clear where the boundary lies between a trivial wrapper to try and negate the licenec conditions, and a complete program in the sense they intended). -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3