Re: Debian i386 freeze
Raul Miller wrote:
>Stephan Kulow <coolo@itm.mu-luebeck.de> wrote:
>> But it's definitly cool. When I started with Linux I thought, I could
>> do everything I want with it, but now that I started developing, it
>> looks, GPL is more restrictive than free.
>
>The GPL was designed for free software, to keep it free. If you don't
>want that, use a different license.
>
>You don't have to use the GPL on software you write. If you require
>that your code be linked with non-free code (code that doesn't meet the
>conditions of Debian's Free Software Guidelines is non-free) then the
>GPL does not accomplish what you want.
>
>You can still use the GPL, but you MUST also provide some other license
>to make it possible to link against the non-free code. Personally,
>I'd suggest Perl's "Artistic License" if you want to require your code
>be linked against non-free code.
NO NO NO!!!
The authors of a package can do what they like! The GPL stops you making a
derivative work and putting it under a more restrictive licence. But kde
are the original authors, so this does not apply!!!!!
The GPL has NO authority over the original authors; they can vary it as
they please (though not by changing its text, since its copyright does
not allow that - they have to make separate announcements, which they
have done.)
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