on 1/18/01 1:55 PM, "Ceki Gulcu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Every time I hear that the APL (or any other permissive open source > license) is not compatible with the GPL my hair stands. So RMS decided that > the APL and the GPL are incompatible. No one seems to challenge that. Why > are the GPL and APL incompatible? Really, why? The GNU site > (http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html#GPLIncompatibleLicenses) > declares that the APL as incompatible saying the it has unacceptable > requirements. I wonder which requirements they are referring to. Does > anyone know? Ask the FSF these questions. They are not really appropriate here as RMS doesn't subscribe to this list (that I know of). > The number of people who really understand open source licensing is > probably fewer than the number of scholars who understand general > relativity. Does it all boil down to two egos (RMS/ESR)? Ceki I would say so. -jon
