On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 04:02:21PM -0800, Gordon Messmer wrote: > > It might be possible with enough money to get a license for any/all > > GPLed software. This would result in a situation like that of QT -- if > > you want to make proprietary software, you'd still have to buy your own > > license. This is maybe improbable now, but as the technology gets older, > > it could happen. > No, the GPL prohibits such terms. Unless the software is completely > free of encumbrances, the GPL is not a suitable license for this software.
That's not true. > In order for software to be distributed under the GPL (not as Free > Software, but under the GPL specifically), the persons/parties to whom > you distribute the software must be able to legally distribute the > software without royalties. The terms I propose would allow _exactly_ that. See the Open RTLinux Patent License for an FSF-approved example. -- Matthew Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://www.mattdm.org/> Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/> -- Phoebe-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/phoebe-list
