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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!towncrier.osf.org!not-for-mail From: "Kaleb S. KEITHLEY" <kaleb@osf.org> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy Subject: Re: Linux vs whatever Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 17:24:59 -0500 Organization: The Open Group Lines: 22 Message-ID: <32EFCE3B.167E@osf.org> References: <32DFFEAB.7704@usa.net> <5qC7y0gTzDLB091yn@ibm.net> <5ciraf$gs@cynic.portal.ca> <32EE0B70.1657@ml.com> <5claa2$jq1@cynic.portal.ca> <5clvmp$jjs@pulp.ucs.ualberta.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: dev-sgi.osf.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (X11; I; IRIX 6.2 IP22) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:155117 comp.os.linux.networking:66630 comp.os.linux.setup:94578 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:5798 comp.unix.bsd.misc:2126 comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy:51360 comp.os.os2.advocacy:264380 J Gunthorpe wrote: > > Curt Sampson (cjs@cynic.portal.ca) wrote: > : On Tue, 28 Jan 1997, tethys wrote: > : > : > How? By placing it under the GPL, they ensured it will be free for > : > anyone to use, and port to new platforms if desired. > : > : Only as a separate program. It can't, for example, be integrated > : into WinZip or PKZIP (without forcing the author to give away full > > I assume stuff > like the X-Windows libraries ... are > all GPL'd? The X libraries are covered by the X Consortium copyright, which is considerably different than the GNU Public Virus, er, License. -- Kaleb KEITHLEY Open Group X Project