[Savannah-hackers] Re: licensing issue

[Mathieu Roy]

Richard Stallman <address@hidden> said:

> In general, we should accept licenses that start from the
> GPL or LGPL and add additional permissions in coherent form
> as special exceptions--provided that it is clear people
> can remove the special exceptions from modified versions
> of the program.
> 
> So they should change this exception to make it clear that the
> exception can be removed.  Here is wording to do that:
> 
>       If you modify this library, you may extend
>     this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
>     obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
>     exception statement from your version.
> 
> So please suggest they add that.

Done.

> As long as the special exception only gives additional permission,
> and can be removed in modified versions, it is ok.  It does not
> matter what the additional permissions are.  They can't hurt.

Thanks for the tip.

Regards,

-- 
Mathieu Roy
 
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