Re: gEDA-dev: GPL3

[Hamish Moffatt <hamish@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Aug 07, 2007 at 10:50:59PM -0400, DJ Delorie wrote:
> The FSF is pushing GPL3 *hard*.  That means it will become harder to
> mix packages; for example, geda linked with GPL3 libraries *is* GPL3
> at that point; GPL3 is not compatible with GPL2 (the other way is
> compatible).  Fortunately for us, we use mostly system libraries,
> which are excepted by GPL2.

FWIW, Debian's view is that the system library exception is not useful
in the case of open source application software running on an open
source OS.

Basically the exemption is intended to allow you to link your GPL
application against clearly GPL-incompatible libraries, like libc on
Solaris or HP-UX.

In Debian's case we are distributing gaf (and other GPL apps) as part of
the distribution itself just like glibc, so the exception isn't useful.


Hamish
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Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <hamish@xxxxxxxxxx> <hamish@xxxxxxxxxxxx>


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