Re: virtual box
On Friday 09 November 2007 05:41:28 am Stephen Gran wrote:
> This one time, at band camp, Olive said:
> > The version of Virtual Box included in Debian is distributed
> > under the GPLv2. So far it's good. But I see in
> > http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads that
> >
> > We do request that anyone intending to redistribute the Open
> > Source Edition contact us first.
> >
> > What do you think of that. It does not seem to be compatible with
> > the GPL and could even be non free.
>
> A request is fine. A condition is not.
This can be thought of in the same way you would consider a project
that solicits donations, which last I checked doesn't imply nonfree
status.
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