Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 14:31:26 -0500 From: "Pedro F. Giffuni" <pfgiffun@bachue.usc.unal.edu.co> To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GPL alternatives Message-ID: <3744630D.FA08C679@bachue.usc.unal.edu.co> References: <000c01bea2f0$f2e335a0$021d85d1@whenever.youwant.to>
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FWIW, if you can't convince them to change the license to something free, at
least try to have them use the LGPL. It sounds similar, which is VERY important
for some people ;-).
Pedro.
David Schwartz wrote:
> > license which allows to "make other distribution arrangements
> > with the Copyright
> > Holder."
>
> I don't think any license could prevent that. It's hard to see how the
> author would become subject to the license in the first place. He doesn't
> need the license to grant him any rights to his own software since he
> already has them.
>
> DS
>
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