Re: GPL link against non-free in original work (Re: Isn't a kde version..)

[Peter S Galbraith <GalbraithP@dfo-mpo.gc.ca>]

John Hasler wrote:

> Peter writes:
> > However, I'm confident he would sue us if that makes a difference?
> 
> I assume you meant to write "...he wouldn't sue..."?

Sorry.  Right.
 
> Most of the authors who publish under whacky non-free licenses probably
> wouldn't sue.  Lawsuits are not the only reason to be careful, though.  We
> also want to make sure they aren't going to denounce us as a pack of
> thieves, and that some lawyer reading licenses for Cheap Bytes won't run
> across such a license and recoil in horror.

This is a _very_ good point that I'll use with upstream authors.
 
> I think that including the emails should be enough.

Thanks John.

Peter