On Tue 09/26/06 at 22:02 PM, [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 > 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.
Given how much time and effort the FSF spends bitching about other licenses being incompatible with GPL, isn't it obvious that the GPL is buggy? Instead of modifying all the other Open Source licenses to work around the GPL's bugs, clearly the onus should be on the FSF to fix their broken license. Nils _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
