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Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 11:57:42 +0000
From: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>, yodaiken@fsmlabs.com,
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Subject: Re: A reply on the RTLinux discussion.
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Hi!

> > Victor denies the RTAI people any clear answers about the license.
> 
> He told them that if they were not sure they should ask a lawyer. That
> sounds to me rather correct advice. What kind of answer do you expect.
> There are really only two that might be expected in such a situation,
> they I suspect go
> 
> 	"We think you need a license if you use proprietary software 
> 	 with this" and "Ask a lawyer"

I dont see whyhe could not answer "LGPL is ojkay according to us, and we 
promise not to sue you."

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