This is fairly damning I think :
http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/index_html#GPLIncompatibleLicenses
Clearly it dictates :
Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL)
This is a free software license which is not a strong copyleft; it has
some complex restrictions that make it incompatible with the GNU GPL. It
requires that all attribution notices be maintained, while the GPL only
requires certain types of notices. Also, it terminates in retaliation
for certain 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".
Given this sort of perspective being rolled out by the FSF and similar
things being said by members of the Debian project I am wondering what value
the CDDL has anymore. It seems to be fuel for a funeral pyre built by those
that would criticize the CDDL and no one can argue the impact of public
opinion. Turning a blind eye is hardly a reasonable approach here.
Is there validity to these statements being printed by the FSF or is this
all simply more FUD that no one responds to ?
Dennis
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