Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 19:12:36 -0500 From: Mason Loring Bliss <mason@acheron.middleboro.ma.us> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: FreeBSD-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NetBSD/Linux 'distribution' Message-ID: <19990220191236.J11361@acheron.middleboro.ma.us> In-Reply-To: <199902202341.QAA21335@usr08.primenet.com>; from Terry Lambert on Sat, Feb 20, 1999 at 11:41:01PM %2B0000 References: <36CF42BB.D21920A2@softweyr.com> <199902202341.QAA21335@usr08.primenet.com>
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On Sat, Feb 20, 1999 at 11:41:01PM +0000, Terry Lambert wrote: > You *can't* "GPL it". The GPL specifically states "no other restrictions". Of course, FWIW, I believe it's entirely possible for the person who creates something to offer the use of multiple licenses, where the user is allowed to choose which license s/he uses. Since only one license would be in use at any one time, there'd never be a conflict. I'd guess at a need for glue language to keep folks from stripping the unused license, but whatever... > mailto:rms@gnu.ai.mit.edu > > (I'm pretty sure this address still works). gnu.org is newer... gnu.ai.mit.edu now only exists, AFAICS, in MX records. -- Mason Loring Bliss (( "In the drowsy dark cave of the mind dreams mason@acheron.middleboro.ma.us )) build their nest with fragments dropped http://acheron.ne.mediaone.net (( from day's caravan." - Rabindranath Tagore To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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