Re: OpenOffice

[Martin Schulze <joey@finlandia.infodrom.north.de>]

Bernhard R. Link wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Aug 2001, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> 
> > This seems to be incompatible with the GPL and you have to resolve this
> > before you can build a package of OO (tjis is only one of the many
> > problems you have when you try to package OO...).
> 
> 
> It's no core component, so this may only hold graphic parts. ( In the
> worst scenario those could go to non-free).

Beware, code which is licensed with a gpl-incompatible license may not
be redistributable in compiled form linked together with plain gpl licensed
software, if the latter doesn't contain exception clauses.  Such a problem
once prevented KDE to be distributed.

Regards,

	Joey

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