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Re: [OctDev] Octave-forge packaging
From: |
Rafael Laboissiere |
Subject: |
Re: [OctDev] Octave-forge packaging |
Date: |
Sat, 23 Apr 2005 17:50:21 -0500 |
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Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i |
* John W. Eaton <address@hidden> [2005-04-23 14:38]:
> It depends on whether you agree with the FSF that having the "user
> perfrom the link" is a violation of the GPL. The reason is that this
> is a subterfuge. No one person along the way is doing something avoid
> the terms of the GPL, but the result is the same.
>
> Clearly, different people have different ideas about the claim that
> the FSF makes. But I agree with the FSF interpretation. If you
> accept the other interpretation, and say that it is OK to have the
> user perform the link, then the GPL is weakened to the point where it
> might as well not exist. In any case where the terms of the GPL would
> be violated by distributing non-free software linked with GPL
> software, we could just distribute the parts separately and ask that
> users perform the final step of linking them together.
Thanks for the clarifications. The issue now boils down to the following
question: which license should I actually use for licensing octave-gpc?
--
Rafael
- Octave-forge packaging, Quentin Spencer, 2005/04/22
- Re: [OctDev] Octave-forge packaging, Dmitri A. Sergatskov, 2005/04/23
- Re: [OctDev] Octave-forge packaging, Rafael Laboissiere, 2005/04/23
- Re: [OctDev] Octave-forge packaging, John W. Eaton, 2005/04/23
- Re: [OctDev] Octave-forge packaging, Rafael Laboissiere, 2005/04/23
- Re: [OctDev] Octave-forge packaging, John W. Eaton, 2005/04/23
- Re: [OctDev] Octave-forge packaging, Rafael Laboissiere, 2005/04/23
- Re: [OctDev] Octave-forge packaging, John W. Eaton, 2005/04/23
- Re: [OctDev] Octave-forge packaging,
Rafael Laboissiere <=
- Re: [OctDev] Octave-forge packaging, Paul Kienzle, 2005/04/24
- Re: [OctDev] Octave-forge packaging, John W. Eaton, 2005/04/24
- Re: [OctDev] Octave-forge packaging, Rafael Laboissiere, 2005/04/24
- Re: [OctDev] Octave-forge packaging, Dmitri A. Sergatskov, 2005/04/24
- Re: [OctDev] Octave-forge packaging, Quentin Spencer, 2005/04/23
- Re: [OctDev] Octave-forge packaging, Dirk Eddelbuettel, 2005/04/23
Re: [OctDev] Octave-forge packaging, John W. Eaton, 2005/04/23
Re: [OctDev] Octave-forge packaging, Dmitri A. Sergatskov, 2005/04/23