Re: PROPOSAL: licensing guidelines
Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com> writes:
> > - Clause 9. License Must Not Contaminate Other Software.
> >
> > While using the GPL for libraries is conformant with this OSD
> > requirement, we do not want the runtime linking of any GPL
> > libraries to be required for conformance with our standards.
The standard define the API, while the licence cover the implementation, right ?
Should this then translate that the standard should include only library APIs for which
at least one Open Source that is not GPL implementation exists ?
Who is going to explain this to Mr. Stallman ?
Maurizio
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