13 Dec
2012
13 Dec
'12
5:17 p.m.
On Thu, 13 Dec 2012 08:58:07 +1100 Ramana Kumar <Ramana.Kumar@cl.cam.ac.uk> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 5:36 AM, Felipe Almeida Lessa < > felipe.lessa@gmail.com> wrote: > > A GPLed containers forces the library user to somehow get a way of > > complying to the license. > The language here needs some clarification: the GPL (or other free copyleft > license) only "forces" someone to do something under very particular > circumstances, which could be characterised as: > 1. They are planning on distributing non-free software, and, Or using a free license that isn't compatible with the GPL, or incorporating software that is covered by such a license. You can find a list of these licenses at: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#GPLIncompatibleLicenses and following, which lists licenses used for open source but aren't considered free licenses by the GNU folks. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/ Independent Software developer/SCM consultant, email for more information. O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org