Re: New licence and driver SDK ?

Nicolas Boulay <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.xfree86.forum
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Le Mercredi 3 Mars 2004 20:15, Alexander Terekhov a écrit :
> nicolas wrote:
> [...]
>
> > This point is only there to avoid that the code did not return to the
> > communauty.
>
> I have no problem whatsoever with the obligation to return DERIVATIVE
> code (read: bug fixes, optimizations, whatever MODIFICATIONS) back to
> the community. Even when I do not distribute the derivative code. That
> is "quid pro quo" (one thing in return for another). I do have serious
> problem with the FSF's "everything in return for something" idiotic
> interpretation of the GPL that has no legal basis under the copyright
> law. http://www.linuxdevices.com/files/misc/gpl-proposed-rev3.pdf
>

??? But that's clear ! Where do you put the borderline ? That's always the 
same problem ! I will prefer a means to define clearly what should be GPL for 
each interface but that could be tricky to handle.

nicO

> regards,
> alexander.
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