Re: [osol-discuss] GPL & CDDL - incompatibitile., what does this mean? (round 3)

2005-09-06 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 07:23:48PM +0200, Joerg Schilling wrote: > Stephen Lau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>Not all BSD style licenses are compatible with the GPL: > > >>http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#OrigBSD > > >> > > >>If you read that whole FAQ, you can see that the GPL has p

Re: [osol-discuss] GPL & CDDL - incompatibitile., what does this mean? (round 3)

2005-08-19 Thread Joerg Schilling
Stephen Lau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Not all BSD style licenses are compatible with the GPL: > >>http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#OrigBSD > >> > >>If you read that whole FAQ, you can see that the GPL has problems with a > >>lot of licensing systems. You can also see that there ar

Re: [osol-discuss] GPL & CDDL - incompatibitile., what does this mean? (round 3)

2005-08-19 Thread Stephen Lau
Joerg Schilling wrote: James Lick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Not all BSD style licenses are compatible with the GPL: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#OrigBSD If you read that whole FAQ, you can see that the GPL has problems with a lot of licensing systems. You can also see that th

Re: [osol-discuss] GPL & CDDL - incompatibitile., what does this mean? (round 3)

2005-08-19 Thread Joerg Schilling
James Lick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not all BSD style licenses are compatible with the GPL: > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#OrigBSD > > If you read that whole FAQ, you can see that the GPL has problems with a > lot of licensing systems. You can also see that there are ways to ga

Re: [osol-discuss] GPL & CDDL - incompatibitile., what does this mean? (round 3)

2005-08-19 Thread Jasse Jansson
On Aug 19, 2005, at 8:07 AM, Robert W. Fuller wrote: Alright, I wonder about this myself as well. I read through all the threads discussing this issue at http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/forum.jspa? forumID=13. I feel compelled to make a few comments and suggestions: 1. Instead of rampa

Re: [osol-discuss] GPL & CDDL - incompatibitile., what does this mean? (round 3)

2005-08-19 Thread James Lick
Robert W. Fuller wrote: 2. Many of us consider GPL/CDDL compatibility a prerequisite for the Open Solaris project to flourish. Consider the wonderful cross-pollination between OpenBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Linux, and the vast repertoire of the FSF. The compatibility between the BSD and GPL licens

[osol-discuss] GPL & CDDL - incompatibitile., what does this mean? (round 3)

2005-08-18 Thread Robert W. Fuller
Alright, I wonder about this myself as well. I read through all the threads discussing this issue at http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/forum.jspa?forumID=13. I feel compelled to make a few comments and suggestions: 1. Instead of rampantly speculating about what the FSF website means when it say