Re: Is NPL DFSG complient or not?
Marcus Brinkmann <Marcus.Brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de> writes:
> On Wed, Aug 12, 1998 at 06:34:35PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> >
> > Martin> If the NPL is not DFSG complient, I believe, we should state why we
> > Martin> don't consider it as DFSG complient.
> >
> > It is DFSG compliant.
>
> Is it really?
>
> I remember some incompatibilities with using GPL'ed and NPL'ed source code
> together... but I don't have a copy of the NPL around to check.
That doesn't prevent it from being DFSG free.
> The NPL is a very complicated license, and there are some "backdoors" for
> netscape to use code in their server without being subject to the same
> conditions as everyone else. OTOH, the GPL is very restrictive on what you
> can do with the source.
>
> Have we a case here were two dfsg-free licenses are incompatbile with each
> other? This would be sad...
That is nothing new. GPL is also incompatible with the BSD-style
license (with an "advertisement" clause). GPL is probably also
incompatible with the TeX or the Artistic licenses, too (due to GPL "no
other restriction" clause).
- Hari
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