Re: license issue: calling a GPLv2 library

[David Kastrup]

Alexander Terekhov <terekhov@web.de> writes:

> Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote:
> [...]
>> Or are you _also_ against the concept of software that's available
>> gratis?
>
> Depends. Gratis in violation of the Sherman Act (Section 1 and/or 2)
> is bad for (global) economy. I'm of opinion that the GPL is very bad
> for worldwide economic output and prosperity through productivity
> gains. And that it clearly violates anti-price-fixing laws.

Nonsense.  Price-fixing is a voluntary agreement between parties to
the detriment of other parties.  But heeding an existing license is
not a bilateral agreement, and everybody else is free to use and
extend the software under the same license as everybody else.
Agreement and compliance are different things.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum