On 29 May 2002, at 20:46, Mail Delivery Subsystem wrote:
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> On Wed, 29 May 2002, Bill Cable wrote:
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> > Would it be prohibited to have any open source code on the
SMSQ disk
> > being sold since the disk can not be freely copied? I would
expect that
> > no open source code could be used as part of SMSQ
executable but am not
> > sure about having separate open source modules distributed
on the same
> > CD. I imagine there are some developers that feel strongly
about having
> > their code open source. Doesn't this mean that any code they
write can
> > not be part of SMSQ.
>
> As long as the source is included, and the included code is
separate from
> SMQ, it is compatible with the GPL. Incompatibility arises if the
source
> is not included, or if the code is incorporated into SMSQ, in
which case
> the GPL would override the SMSQ license, as accepting the
GPLd
> contribution means accepting the GPL.
>
Actually, I disagree.
Sening a contribution to be included in SMSQ/E automatically
means accepting the SMSQ/E licence...
Wolfgang
