On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 8:35 AM, Xiaofan Chen <xiaof...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 1:44 PM, Øyvind Harboe <oyvind.har...@zylin.com> > wrote: >>> Looking at the list, this somehow reminds me of those heated >>> discussions about GPL and D2XX. >>> https://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/openocd-development/2009-June/thread.html >>> >>> Last one by Zach Welsh. >>> http://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/openocd-development/2009-July/009518.html >>> >>> Both side of course have their points. Personally I am more with the opinion >>> of adding the D2xx linking exception which Dominic, Rick, Spencer, >>> Magnus Lundin and others agreed. On the other hand, Øyvind Harboe, >>> Zach Welsh, David Brownell and others are more with the pure GPL side. >>> In the end, it is not possible to relicense OpenOCD to add D2xx linking >>> exception. >> >> It is impossible to relicense OpenOCD as it would require all >> copyright holders to agree to linking + exception, which they don't. > > Yes that is the outcome and I respect the decision. We are all > not lawyers and it may well be true that alternative ways proposed > at that time are not possible in the end. Still I felt that Zach's tone > alienated others. But again that is just my personal opinion and > that was why I said I was "kind of glad that he is gone".
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