Richard Lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> But isn't it the case that GPLv3 has far fewer restrictions (is more CDDL
> >> like) than GPLv2?
> >
> > It has fewer restrictions, but it still does not explicitly allow to merge
> > code that is under another OSI aproved license. And even iff, one important
> > reason for creating the CDDL was to allow to merge with CSS code as Sun
> > did tell us this was needed in order to be able to create Sun Solaris.
> >
>
> The page in question specifically states 'dual licensed', with one of
> them being the CDDL.
But this is exactly where OpenOffice had problems.
People from outside will start to use the GPL licensed variant and add
code under GPL only. This will prevent Sun from being able to use this code.
Jörg
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