Re: Cocoa framework for parsing NMEA GPS data?

The exact situation is spelled out in the link I gave:

According to Richard Stallman's article, *if* FSF makes an exception  
for its copylefted software, then the exception applies to all  
potential users, and the exception is not sold, in any sense, by FSF.  
However, other copyleft holders of GPL software *can* sell  
exceptions, even though this is against the principle of "free" (as  
in freedom) software. The relevant comments by RMS occur at the end  
of the article for which I provided the link, namely:

"But there are occasional cases where, for specific reasons of  
strategy, we decide that using a more permissive license on a certain  
program is better for the cause of freedom. In those cases, we  
release the program to everyone under that permissive license.
This is because of another ethical principle that the FSF follows: to  
treat all users the same. An idealistic campaign for freedom should  
not discriminate, so the FSF is committed to giving the same license  
to all users. The FSF never sells exceptions; whatever license or  
licenses we release a program under, that is available to everyone.

But we need not insist that companies follow that principle. I  
consider selling exceptions an acceptable thing for a company to do,  
and I will suggest it where appropriate as a way to get programs freed."


HTH

david
--------
David Hill
drh-6iMvYdcvcO/[email protected]
http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnuspeech
--------
  The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look  
respectable. (J.K. Galbraith)
--------


On Dec 15, 2010, at 5:31 PM, Markus Hitter wrote:

>
> Am 15.12.2010 um 23:22 schrieb David Hill:
>
>> Concerning GPL-licensed software. I recently found out that it is  
>> actually possible to purchase [sic] an exception and use GPL  
>> software within proprietary software. See:
>>
>> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling-exceptions.html
>
> Isn't this the same stuff which is discussed as "dual licensing"  
> for years? It doesn't apply to GPL'd software in general, only to  
> those pieces where the copyright holder - which is often _not_ the  
> FSF - sells more permissible licenses besides releasing the source  
> code under the GPL.
>
> And no, no dual licensing / exception purchase from the FSF it's  
> self, so no proprietary compiler based on gcc.
>
>
> Markus
>
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> Dipl. Ing. (FH) Markus Hitter
> http://www.jump-ing.de/
>
>
>
>
>