This one time, at band camp, Moritz Lenz said: > Hello, > > I want to debianize EiffelStudio, a compiler and IDE for the programming > language eiffel. It is dual-licenced under a commercial licence and > under GPL. > Included in EiffelStudio is the so called "Base Library", released under > the GPL as well. This library is absolutely nesseary for programming > with eiffel, you are not able to write any program that does not use the > "Base Library". > With this licencing model you are forced to release your programs > written in EiffelStudio (GPL version) under the GPL as well. > > Can we regard this software as dfsg compatible? Absolutely. It is a viral license, but that is the point, and Debian considers the GPL to be free. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- | ,''`. Stephen Gran | | : :' : sgran@debian.org | | `. `' Debian user, admin, and developer | | `- http://www.debian.org | -----------------------------------------------------------------
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