On Wed, 18 May 2005, Charles Iliya Krempeaux wrote:
>
> >From what I understand of the history of WASTE. At one time, NullSoft did
> infact release WASTE under the GPL. However, AOL (NullSoft's parent company)
> didn't like this, and that message on NullSoft's website is because of that.
> (And thus, it was origianlly authorized by NullSoft, but not authorized by
> AOL.)
>
> Now, from what I understand, once you release something under the GPL, you
> cannot un-release it. And if that is the case, then this software is "OK".

It's a little more complex than that, but essentially, if Debian
doesn't want to include it, it doesn't have to.  Let them do the
same as MPlayer--I'm never going to use Debian, so why should I
care?

-- 
|Andrew A. Gill                       |I posted to Silent-Tristero and|
|<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>         |all I got was this stupid sig! |
|alt.tv.simpsons CBG-FAQ author       |                               |
|                          (Report all obscene mail to Le Maitre Pots)|
|Yet: <http://www.needsfoodbadly.com>                 Temporary sig: --

Why are there so many CCs?


-- 
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Reply via email to