"Dennis Clarke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> This is fairly damning I think :
>
> http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/index_html#GPLIncompatibleLicenses
>
> Clearly it dictates :
>
> Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL)
>
> This is a free software license which is not a strong copyleft; it has
> some complex restrictions that make it incompatible with the GNU GPL. It
> requires that all attribution notices be maintained, while the GPL only
> requires certain types of notices. Also, it terminates in retaliation
Everybody who reads the related parts in the CDDL vs. GPL will see that there
is only a minor difference in wording while the intention is the same.
It this contruted difference is all that the FSF did find, we may happily claim
that the FSF likes the CDDL and fights against it because it is better than
the GPL.
> for certain aggressive uses of patents. So, a module covered by the GPL
> and a module covered by the CDDL cannot legally be linked together. We
> urge you not to use the CDDL for this reason.
This is pure FUD not covered by CDDL or GPL. There are other wrong claims
in the FSF GPL FAQ related to the GPL. It seems that we need a neutral
GPL FAQ too.
> Also unfortunate in the CDDL is its use of the term "intellectual
> property".
See above pure FUD.
> Given this sort of perspective being rolled out by the FSF and similar
> things being said by members of the Debian project I am wondering what value
> the CDDL has anymore. It seems to be fuel for a funeral pyre built by those
> that would criticize the CDDL and no one can argue the impact of public
> opinion. Turning a blind eye is hardly a reasonable approach here.
>
> Is there validity to these statements being printed by the FSF or is this
> all simply more FUD that no one responds to ?
Given the fact that Debian and other "god wariors" base their FUD against the
CDDL on the FUD of the FSF, I hope that Simon Phipps now understands why Sun
needs to do something on this network on distrust.
Jörg
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