On Friday 09 November 2007 05:41:28 am Stephen Gran wrote: > This one time, at band camp, Olive said: > > The version of Virtual Box included in Debian is distributed > > under the GPLv2. So far it's good. But I see in > > http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads that > > > > We do request that anyone intending to redistribute the Open > > Source Edition contact us first. > > > > What do you think of that. It does not seem to be compatible with > > the GPL and could even be non free. > > A request is fine. A condition is not.
This can be thought of in the same way you would consider a project that solicits donations, which last I checked doesn't imply nonfree status. -- Sean Kellogg e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] w: http://blog.probonogeek.org/ So, let go ...Jump in ...Oh well, what you waiting for? ...it's all right ...'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
