Re: DFSG as Licence?

[Ben Finney <bignose+hates-spam@benfinney.id.au>]

Måns Rullgård <mru@inprovide.com> writes:

> What I'm talking about is different, each on their own free,
> licenses being deemed incompatible with each other.  Examples are
> the GPL, the OpenSSL license, and the Open Software License.  I find
> it hard to believe that most authors who choose to release under the
> GPL do so in order to prevent their code being used in a program
> released under the OSL.

This is, indeed, one of the main goals in the current process of
revising the GPL: to make the GPLv3 more compatible with other
licenses that grant the same freedoms to the licensee, while still
preserving those freedoms strongly.

    <URL:http://gplv3.fsf.org/rationale#SECTION00380000000000000000>

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Ben Finney