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Article #63189Re: Wolfram/MMA & vendors refusing release on OS with source
From: Alan Cox
Date: Wed, 01 Mar 1995 15:20
Date: Wed, 01 Mar 1995 15:20
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In article <3i927s$iv5@hermes.synopsys.com> jbuck@synopsys.com (Joe Buck) writes: >No kidding. We all know that. (Actually your statement isn't *quite* >right but I'm not in a nitpicking mood, though the basic point that >Berkeley copyright code may mix with GPLed code to produce a GPLed whole is >of course correct). My point is that Linus made a *request* that goes No its not. I've dropped various bits of BSD/GPL mix because my advice was that it isn't and the best the FSF could answer was things about the BSD license not being valid in some parts. The BSD license explicitly requires credit in documentation and advertising The GPL explicitly forbids this extra restriction, and I for one am not going to risk being stomped by the Regents of UCB, nice people though they may be. Alan -- ..-----------,,----------------------------,,----------------------------,, // Alan Cox // iialan@www.linux.org.uk // GW4PTS@GB7SWN.#45.GBR.EU // ``----------'`--[Anti Kibozing Signature]-'`----------------------------'' One two three: Kibo, Lawyer, Refugee :: Green card, Compaq come read me...
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,5004f6c9ec7613a5 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-03-01 07:20:18 PST Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!nntp.gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!yale.edu!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!pipex!uknet!info!iialan From: iialan@iifeak.swan.ac.uk (Alan Cox) Subject: Re: Wolfram/MMA & vendors refusing release on OS with source X-Nntp-Posting-Host: iifeak.swan.ac.uk Message-ID: <D4rp9u.7Lw@info.swan.ac.uk> Sender: news@info.swan.ac.uk Organization: Institute For Industrial Information Technology References: <3hp50g$2qk@hermes.synopsys.com> <3i2dbi$6eu@mudraker.mtholyoke.edu> <3i927s$iv5@hermes.synopsys.com> Distribution: gnu Date: Wed, 1 Mar 1995 15:20:18 GMT Lines: 23