Re: Is the OSL DFSG free?
On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 10:59:04AM +0200, Keith Dunwoody wrote:
> I think this is the link: Some people (software companies) prefer not to
> license their code under the GPL, therefore they reject using GPL'd code.
> Other people prefer to not wear clothes, therefore they reject free
> t-shirts.
No. Proprietary software authors don't not use GPL code because they
prefer not to. They don't use it because the GPL prohibits them from
doing so. Free t-shirts are irrelevant. The GPL very deliberately
discriminates against proprietary software, in the interests of free
software. We just can't read DFSG#6 that broadly.
--
Glenn Maynard
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