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 |
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| 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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