On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, Noel J. Bergman wrote: > > I don't get these GPL people who license their work as GPL, but don't > > want the viral aspect... > > I believe that they are trying to separate the licensing of the source code > vs. the binary. If you want to use their SOURCE, you have to keep the > source code GPL; no proprietary changes. If you just want to use their > BINARY, do with it as you wish, unencumbered. > > In any case, the only issue in my mind is receiving their binary releases > unconstrained and unencumbered.
This is very similar with some of the other licenses from Sun ( and IBM ) that allow redistribution of the (original) binary - but don't provide the source code under the same terms. Costin --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
