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Re: DFSG Par. 9 and GPL "Virulogical" effekt



On Sat, Apr 22, 2000 at 05:45:05PM +0200, Florian Lohoff wrote:
> > > Read your quote: "License Must Not Contaminate Other Software"

On Sun, Apr 23, 2000 at 11:25:50AM -0400, Raul Miller wrote:
> > Excuse me, but what about that quote makes it illegal for a license
> > to license the software that it licenses for distribution?

On Sun, Apr 23, 2000 at 06:03:29PM +0200, Florian Lohoff wrote:
> Does Par. 9 tell something about "Distribution" - Only in the Example.
> The terminology was "restriction" i think                            .

  9. License Must Not Contaminate Other Software

     The license must not place restrictions on other software that is
     distributed along with the licensed software. For example, the license
     must not insist that all other programs distributed on the same medium
     must be free software.

-- 
Raul


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