Re: MySQL licensing and OpenSSL linking issues
On Mon, 9 Jun 2003, David B Harris wrote:
> Matthew Palmer <mjp16@ieee.uow.edu.au> wrote:
> > > > Well, what do they want to allow, and what don't they want to allow?
> > >
> > > I think it's pretty clear they're looking for a Sleepycat arrangement;
> > > free for Free Software, go to them if you want alternate arrangements.
> >
> > Whoa! Is that the actual effect of the Sleepycat DB licence? If so,
> > doesn't that violate DFSG#6?
> >
> > Sorry if I've just put my foot in my mouth, but it *seems* obvious enough...
>
> The GPL is also Free for Free software, and you need to contact the
> copyright holders for alternate arrangements.
And there goes the foot...
In weak defence, I'll say that the GPL only begets GPL works, which is
different than "free for free, fee for fee", since the GPL says nothing
about whether you can charge for it.
Other licences with ideas similar to those stated above (the attributions
have disappeared, so I can't say who said it) have been considered non-free
in the past - the old Qt licence comes to (hazy) recollection.
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