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Article #74206Re: GLGPL and shared libraries
From: Raul Rockwell
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 1991 05:32
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 1991 05:32
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Craig Hansen: I respect RMS's stand on the principles involved here, but my own personal opinion is that he could reach his goals more quickly by permitting software hoarders to produce "works that call the library" to be distributed without the restrictions in the GLGPL: this would make it easy for system vendors to choose GNU libraries as standard equipment on the basis of their quality. Er... what do you think RMS's goals are? And why criticize the GLGPL when it's just come out? They way I understand it, the GLGPL is an experiment in just that direction. If system vendors provide upgrades for GLGPL code, more code may be made available under those terms. If the quality of the code is drastically increased by this sort of thing, then maybe a more restrictable version of the license may be made available. On the other hand, if system vendors only provide binaries, why bother? -- Raul <rockwell@socrates.umd.edu>
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,1863b2678e8debd5 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-06-22 08:06:30 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!sample.eng.ohio-state.edu!purdue!haven.umd.edu!socrates.umd.edu!socrates!rockwell From: rockwell@socrates.umd.edu (Raul Rockwell) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: GLGPL and shared libraries Message-ID: <ROCKWELL.91Jun22003222@socrates.umd.edu> Date: 22 Jun 91 05:32:22 GMT References: <1991Jun19.141134.19083@dg-rtp.dg.com> <1991Jun22.001721.24855@netcom.COM> Sender: rockwell@socrates.umd.edu (Raul Rockwell) Distribution: gnu Organization: Traveller Lines: 22