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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.syd.connect.com.au!phaedrus.kralizec.net.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!grumpy.fl.net.au!news.webspan.net!ix.netcom.com!howland.erols.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news.indiana.edu!news From: Lars Hofhansl <lhofhans@indiana.edu> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy Subject: Re: Linux vs whatever Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 16:33:45 -0600 Organization: Indiana University Lines: 29 Message-ID: <32EE7EC9.38809021@indiana.edu> References: <32DFFEAB.7704@usa.net> <32ED1866.34F02393@indiana.edu> <5cl66d$l52@web.nmti.com> <32EE3C3C.5534B736@indiana.edu> <5clhf9$l60@web.nmti.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pionier.eigenmann.indiana.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (X11; I; Linux 2.0.28 i586) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:154865 comp.os.linux.networking:66498 comp.os.linux.setup:94403 comp.unix.bsd.misc:2092 comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy:51265 comp.os.os2.advocacy:264111 Peter da Silva wrote: > > In article <32EE3C3C.5534B736@indiana.edu>, > Lars Hofhansl <lhofhans@indiana.edu> wrote: > > Peter da Silva wrote: > > > In article <32ED1866.34F02393@indiana.edu>, > > > Lars Hofhansl <lhofhans@indiana.edu> wrote: > > > > What do you mean with "under the stranglehold of the GPL"? > > > > See section 2 b). > > > Also from section 2: > > > "These requirements apply to the modified work as a whole. If > > identifiable sections of that work are not derived from the Program, > > and can be reasonably considered independent and separate works in > > themselves, then this License, and its terms, do not apply to those > > sections when you distribute them as separate works. > > That's true, however RMS has been known to be creative in his > interpretation of what an "independant and separate work" is (so, for > example, if you use interfaces that only exist in a GPLed program > or library then your work is GPL). > If this is the case, I fully agree with you. That would be an unnecessary obstacle in developing new software... Lars