Re: draft for new Vim license

[Henning Makholm <henning@makholm.net>]

Scripsit Bram Moolenaar <Bram@moolenaar.net>
> Henning Makholm wrote:

> Yes.  Thus if you add code and put it under the GPL, then the GPL would
> apply to the whole (if I understand the GPL correctly).  So the question
> is if this would cause a conflict with the Vim license, which would
> prohibit you from distributing this version.

The point is about adding code that somebody else has written and put
under the GPL. One conflict here is in the Vim license: Since the "somebody
else" has not agreed that you can use their code in proprietary future
Vim releases, I will not be allowed to distribute a Vim derivate where
I have added it.

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