>http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html >http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/index_html#GPLIncompatibleLicenses > >"Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL) > > This is a free software license which is not a strong copyleft; it has > some complex restrictio ns that make it incompatible with the GNU GPL. It requires that all attribution notices be maintain ed, while the GPL only requires certain types of notices. Also, it terminates in retaliation for ce rtain aggressive uses of patents. So, a module covered by the GPL and a module covered by the CDDL cannot legally be linked together. We urge you not to use the CDDL for this reason. > > Also unfortunate in the CDDL is its use of the term "intellectual > property"."
They use pretty much the same jabs for the Apache 2 license. Casper _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
