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Re: Debian based GNU/Solaris: pilot program



Erast Benson <erast@gnusolaris.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-11-03 at 17:31 +0000, Matthew Garrett wrote:
>> Being system-runtime independent is a great goal, but helping free 
>> software is a better one. Releasing dpkg under the LGPL would allow 
>> people to build proprietary software on top of dpkg, and we (for the 
>> most part) don't see that as desirable.
> 
> Or may be make it CDDL dual licensed.

Which would allow people to build proprietary software on top of dpkg. I
don't see how that helps.
 
-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59-chiark.mail.debian.devel@srcf.ucam.org



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