From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 29 May 2002 17:45:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 29 May 2002 17:45:44 -0400 Received: from khan.acc.umu.se ([130.239.18.139]:22525 "EHLO khan.acc.umu.se") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 29 May 2002 17:45:43 -0400 Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 23:44:45 +0200 From: David Weinehall To: Alan Cox Cc: "Adam J. Richter" , gilad@benyossef.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, lm@bitmover.com, phillips@bonn-fries.net Subject: Re: business models [was patent stuff] Message-ID: <20020529234445.O9911@khan.acc.umu.se> In-Reply-To: <200205281713.KAA22774@freya.yggdrasil.com> <1022610136.4124.131.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 07:22:16PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > On Tue, 2002-05-28 at 18:13, Adam J. Richter wrote: > > You could license all programs that consist entirely of > > free software. That way, BSD, LGPL, and MPL software that did > > not link in proprietary software would be allowed too, but your > > example of a proprietary program that linked in the BSD'ed > > libpatent.o/c would not be covered by this permission. > > Define "free software" using only legally defined phrases which have > precedent. In fact put four people in a room and get them to define free > software. > > > software would address issues like GPL'ed software that contains > > content that is GPL compatible but not GPL'ed, future versions of > > If its linked then it is GPL in the linked form, otherwise you wouldn't > be allowed to link it An interesting question is whether the licensing terms used for this patent would pass the DFSG (Debian Free Software Guidelines)?! /David _ _ // David Weinehall /> Northern lights wander \\ // Maintainer of the v2.0 kernel // Dance across the winter sky // \> http://www.acc.umu.se/~tao/