Re: wxgtk: Is this free software?
--On Tue, Oct 20, 1998 9:59 am -0500 john@dhh.gt.org wrote:
>> *sigh* Why couldn't they just use the LGPL? All they have added
>> is confusion.
>
> If they have included long passages from the GPL they have also infringed
> the FSF's copyright.
FWIW, RMS has been on record as saying it's OK to copy the wording of the
GPL. I personally don't understand why it doesn't just say this at the
top... but anyway, he says it's fine..
Jules
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