From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 28 May 2002 13:39:47 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 28 May 2002 13:39:46 -0400 Received: from astound-64-85-224-253.ca.astound.net ([64.85.224.253]:37649 "EHLO master.linux-ide.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 28 May 2002 13:39:44 -0400 Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 10:23:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Andre Hedrick 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] In-Reply-To: <1022610136.4124.131.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org There is a major problem with your argument. "FREE" is covered in BLACK's Book. "RELEASE" is not. RMS specifically picked "RELEASE" in the GPL to force a litigation in court. "RELEASE" is subjective to the reviewing body. Cheers, On 28 May 2002, 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 > > Alan > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > Andre Hedrick LAD Storage Consulting Group