Would it be too much to kindly ask the FSF to consider amending the
GPL (in light of the forthcoming GPL V3) to allow compatibility with
other open source licenses which may not be GPL derivatives, but are
otherwise considered ethical ?
The GNU GPL is meant as a free software license. Most, but not all,
open source licenses are also free software licenses.
We're going to make GPL 3 compatible with a wider range of other
free software licenses, but the CDDL is too far away. It has
substanmtial requirements not in the GPL. To weaken the GPL
to the point where it would allow the imposition of such requirements
would stretch it all out of shape.
I'd rather not speak of "other open source licenses", since that would
imply calling the GPL an "open source license". As a free software
activist, I disagree with the basic philosophy of open source, so I
don't like referring to my work with that term. For more explanation,
see http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html
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