Quoting Chris Travers (ch...@metatrontech.com):
> In the GPL v2 it is less clear. At its outer limits however, it can
> only permit things prohibited under copyright law. Generally RMS
> seems to think this is not permissible, and most other people outside
> the FSF don't listen.
FSF folks occa
On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 6:39 PM, Bruce Perens wrote:
> On 07/05/2012 06:30 PM, Chris Travers wrote:
>>
>> Generally RMS seems to think this is not permissible, and most other
>> people outside the FSF don't listen.
>
> It is not permissible to modify the GPL text directly. That restriction has
> te
On 07/05/2012 06:30 PM, Chris Travers wrote:
Generally RMS seems to think this is not permissible, and most other
people outside the FSF don't listen.
It is not permissible to modify the GPL text directly. That restriction
has teeth. However, I can't think of a legal mechanism that could be
app
On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 9:48 AM, Felix Krause wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> does a linking exception to the GPL require approval, or may a software be
> called open source whenever it is licensed under the GPL, even when the
> publisher grants the user additional rights?
>
> There are some licenses a
There are really two sides to this problem. Is your license still OSI
certified, and can you do this legally.
Regarding the OSI certification, the question is whether all of the
rights granted by the certified license still apply. If this is the
case, you can still say that the work is under t
Hi everyone,
does a linking exception to the GPL require approval, or may a software be
called open source whenever it is licensed under the GPL, even when the
publisher grants the user additional rights?
There are some licenses around that add a linking exception to the GPL. The one
I use is
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