Re: Linus about GPL x BSD(long)

Lionel Ulmer <[email protected]> Fri, 19 Jul 2002 21:29:44 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.emulators.wine.license
Message-ID <20020719212944.A21477@bbland>
>> You still can get all the X11 licensed code you want. But, WineX has
>> additional code. This code is licensed under a more restrictive license. The
>> same happened to WINE now. You will always be able to retrieve the X11
>> licensed code as such, and that is what the ReWind fork did. You can also
>> start your own X11 fork anytime. But a lot of additional code is LGPL by
>> now.
> 
> That's right. Stallman and Company have poisoned the well. That's one of the
> things that's so nasty about the GPL.

That's right. Transgaming and Company have poisened the well. That's one of
the things that's so nasty about companies and closed source licenses.

I still wonder why one would be more evil than the other...

                    Lionel

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