Re: Licensing Statistics (2001-09-08)

[Simon P. Lucy]

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!>On 13/09/2001 at 16:18 Ian Hickson wrote:
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!>>On Wed, 12 Sep 2001, Daniel Veditz wrote:
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!>>> In its attempt to prevent combinations with licenses that might subvert
!>>the 
!>>> intentions of the GPL it also sometimes prevents combination with
!>>licenses 
!>>> compatible in spirit like the MPL as a side effect.
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!>>The MPL is *not* compatible in spirit with the GPL, because it allows the
!>>use of proprietary code, which is exactly what the GPL is trying to stop.
!>>
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!>In other words, the GPL is less free.  Distributors are not allowed to
!>combine open and closed source, the GPL effectively removes the original
!>copyright (insofar as original copyright holders have rights to any
!>derivable product) and gives it away to all and sundry.
!>
!>The MPL, and a few other licences avoids this imposition.
!>
!>Simon
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