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Re: GSL within Public Domain Software
- To: Steve ROBBINS <stever at bic dot mni dot mcgill dot ca>
- Subject: Re: GSL within Public Domain Software
- From: Jason Beegan <jtb at kurwenal dot com>
- Date: Mon, 07 May 2001 18:49:43 +0100
- cc: gsl-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com
> I think you're confusing two questions:
>
> 1. What licence must I use for a work derived from GPL'd software?
> 2. What licences are acceptable for *components* included in a work
> derived from GPL'd software?
>
I am aware of the differences here. But I was principally addressing
what Lowell Johnson wrote:
In my vision of a perfect world, the GPL would say something to the
affect that GPL'd libraries may be linked with software of a "lesser",
or "more free?", copyright. In other words, it seems like public
domain software, which is about as free as you can get, poses no
threat to the GPL.
This is issue #2.
It seems to be a common misconception that GPL'ed works cannot
be linked with software under less restrictive licenses.
- Jason