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Re: [smartquant] Re: GPL license violation? [GNU Scientific Library]
- From: Edwin Robert Tisdale <E dot Robert dot Tisdale at jpl dot nasa dot gov>
- To: gsl-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 15:48:05 -0800
- Subject: Re: [smartquant] Re: GPL license violation? [GNU Scientific Library]
- Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Reply-to: E dot Robert dot Tisdale at jpl dot nasa dot gov
Ferdinando Ametrano wrote:
> E. Robert Tisdale wrote:
>
> > Anton Fokin doesn't need to comply with the GPL
> > if he doesn't distribute the GSL with his program.
>
> This is simply not true. Please do not state your opinion as truth.
> Anton Fokin does need to comply with the GPL
> if his software R-Quant needs GSL to work.
It doesn't need the GSL to work.
Anybody can write a library using the same API as GSL
and distribute it under any license that they want.
> That is, if R-Quant includes GSL wrappers, R-Quant must be GPL.
No! You can't copyright an API.
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) exists
only because it is possible to clone proprietary APIs
without violating copyright restrictions.
> This is not just my opinion: it has always been made clear by FSF.
Show us where you think your assertion
has been made clear by the FSF.