Re: [larsbj@ifi.uio.no: Re: copyright problem]
On Mon, Oct 12, 1998 at 08:29:00PM +0200, Gergely Madarasz wrote:
> The problem here is that we can't distribute it under the terms of the GPL
> (read the kde announcement) while they say it is plain GPL, so they say
> they can include other people's GPL-ed stuff. glibc2 doesnt have a
> contradictory licence like this.
True. But Ulrich could have used code that is copyrighted in a way it
doesn't work with GPL. Or let me use another example, how can we be sure the
author of nedit, xv, ... did not use some GPLed code?
> Did you see it written down? :) GPL forbits it, unless explicitly
> stated in the licence. And when we're given permission to distribute it in
> written form (it should be part of the licence or something) then it will
> be clear it is not exactly GPL, though it is open source.
I see what you mean. The have to give that, yes. But a public statement is
enough. There is no need to write it down in the same file IMO.
Michael
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