Re: Linux and GPLv2
On Mon, Mar 14, 2005 at 09:50:54PM +0000, Anthony W. Youngman wrote:
> And doesn't the GPL contain a promise that any future GPL will be
> identical in spirit to the original?
Nope. It says "similar in spirit", which is much weaker to me. Certainly
it's also not a major stretch to claim that a license which says "if you
use this program as part of your webpage, you must make source available"
is "similar in spirit", since the "spirit" of the GPL is making source
available and reusable. (Of course, there are plenty of potential
restrictions in that "spirit" that go too far and aren't free.)
--
Glenn Maynard
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