On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 4:52 PM, Russ Allbery <[email protected]> wrote:
> Andrew Deason <[email protected]> writes:
>
>> By not 'touch'ing I meant: does not link against IPL code, is not
>> derivative of IPL code, is not copied from IPL code, etc.
>
> I suppose we could have a case like that, but I'd be reluctant, in the
> abstract (the specific example may of course lead that way) to accept
> something like that because it's a significant limitation on how we
> transform that code going forward.  If some of that code ends up fitting
> better into a library, we can't move it.  We can't link it with a standard
> command argument parsing library.  Etc.
>
> The one exception that comes to mind is a new Linux kernel module or
> something else that's entirely kernel space, since that doesn't pose as
> many of the same issues and having Linux kernel modules licensed under the
> GPL is useful for a bunch of reasons.  But even then, it would be nice to
> have it dual-licensed under the IPL for future reuse elsewhere if needed.

I'd rather dual license it BSD, honestly.
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