Alan Coopersmith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Josh Hurst wrote:
> > Just a notification: Debian and Ubuntu are going to removal **ALL**
> > CDDL licensed materials from their distribution, stating that the
> > license is non-free and "illegal" (not GPL compatible).
>
> They are not saying CDDL is illegal, they are saying CDDL licensed
> software does not meet the GPL requirements for being included in
> a GPL licensed program. They haven't said a fully CDDL program
> by itself is a problem - it's mixing CDDL & GPL into the same software
> they are objecting to.
Please have a look into the 'star' case on Debian to prove that Debian did
start a campaign against the CDDL to be beginning of this year.
They placed a "bug report" against the CDDL into the "cdrtools" _and_ "star"
Debian package to the end of January. There are less than 7 days between
both entries.
Jörg
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