Tony Duell wrote:
>
> >
> > Max Eskin wrote:
> > >
> > > That's fine, except that's not what the GNU license allows him to do.
> > > > "I have nothing against people who sell
> > > >software, and they should have nothing against me for forbidding >them from
> > > using my software in the software they sell."
> >
> > And if he doesn't like the wording of the FSF license, he should have
> > written it differently. He had the option. It was his pencil. And
> > his words.
>
> Or, of course, released some of his software under a different license.
> AFAIK, nobody, not even RMS, has to release anything under the GPL if
> they don't want to.
Of course, that means that no code otherwise covered by the GPL can
be used -- because if any _part_ of a product is GPL'd, so must all
derivative work.
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Received on Thu Dec 10 1998 - 06:19:38 GMT