Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 22:48:01 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Shigio Yamaguchi <shigio@tamacom.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GNU GLOBAL Message-ID: <37E5BC81.B57D6396@softweyr.com> References: <199909191730.CAA01063@tamacom.com>
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Shigio Yamaguchi wrote:
>
> > There are some types of software for which the GPL is the best license.
> > In my opinion, programming tools of many sorts -- compilers, linkers,
> > editors, assemblers -- fit into this category. Contrary to what some
>
> Tag system doesn't fit into this category?
>
> > believe, we BSD'ers are not rabid GPL haters, we just don't like to see
> > it attached to important pieces of software that developers might want
> > to turn into a product, because that limits the audience.
>
> I agree with you. But it depends on the part.
> GPL may be a menace for kernel and library code, because once including
> GPLed code then the whole of it must be distributed under GPL.
> But GPLed command brings no problem, because the rest of the system just
> "utilize" it, not "use it. GPL is not applied to "utilize". So the rest of
> the system is safe from GPL.
Unless it is a crucial part of the system, because the GPL attaches itself
like a virus to everything it touches. For this reason, the FreeBSD Project
has decided no GPL code will be included in the system itself, unless the
USER specifically puts it there. This would include any part of your
system.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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