Date: 19 Dec 2001 16:35:17 -0800 From: swear@blarg.net (Gary W. Swearingen) To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GPL nonsense: time to stop Message-ID: <f2vgf2ybi2.gf2@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <3C20557A.C9AE1720@mindspring.com> References: <20011218121011.E21649@monorchid.lemis.com> <4hzo4hyv3c.o4h@localhost.localdomain> <4.3.2.7.2.20011217221801.02841bc0@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20011218102351.02841f00@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20011218124204.02812700@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20011218180158.00d6fc50@localhost> <3C20557A.C9AE1720@mindspring.com>
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Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> writes: > There might be room for a claim that there is an attempt to subvert > the GPL by delaying linking until a user action is performed; it's > very grey whether or not that would be a legal way of escaping the > GPL (and will probably remain so, until and unless it is tested in > court). Doesn't this mean that a lot of people have put themselves at risk of being a test case? (Or more likely, the risk of being forced to GPL FreeBSD.) > Also, GPL'ed code is very different from LGPL'ed code, as there is > no "relink clause" in the GPL (as you know), but there is specific > exception made for Os services. Note that that exception is in GPL Clause 3 which concerns the distribution of "object code or executable" and the exception is only for the need to distribute OS source and the exception only applies if the OS and GPL code are not distributed together. If that is not narrow enough for you, a close-reader will note that it says nothing about excepting the viral nature of the GPL code on the OS code (except for mere distribution of source). To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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