Re: blitz library. egcs1.1 , GPL vs. LGPL
On 12-Aug-1998, John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.Arizona.EDU> wrote:
>
> I installed the pre egcs1.1 g++ that Matthias advertised. Blitz
> builds and runs tests without a hitch. (It causes the previous egcs g++
> to abort)
> The source is very cleanly organized , with nice docs, and builds
> beautifully under egcs. I am waiting to hear from the author about
> including it in debian, because although the code is under the GPL, he is
> trying to get people on his mailing list as a precondition to downloading.
> He also plans to change the license because some people have complained
> that it is restrictive for commercial applications.
Please note that he is well within his rights under the GPL to require
people to join a mailing list, a credit union, or even a cult before
they can download the program from his site.
It's just that he can't require anyone else distributing the software
to do the same.
Tyson.
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