[OT] Re: [gl4java-usergroup] GL4Java logo

[Max G. <gi...@li...>]

"Kerry L. Bonin" wrote:

> The GPL license terms are also being expanded by FSF/ESR to try and
> increase the scope of the viral threshold, I know he's pushing for the
> definitions to be interpreted so that LGPL is impossible in Java, and all
> Java systems must be GPL if anything is GPL.  I beleive this is being done
> by extrapolating that the way a JVM loads classes falls under the
> definition of a derived work as defined by the GPL, and the next version
> will make this clear.

>
> What this means is that by the time gl4java works in Kaffe, the license may
> require that gl4java become GPL to be allowed to be used with it.  Forced
> license migrations like this are one of FSF/ESR's major goals.

Any quotations? URLs? Do you have any informations for sure or are those just
hearsay news? For now it is spreading FUD. I haven't found anything about that
on www.gnu.org.

And don't flame (L)GPL licenses because it's mostly matter of personal
philosophy which one to use. There are many licenses approved by
opensource.org (whatever their right to approve or not is) so if you don't
like one you can choose between many public ones or write your own.

For me, personally, inability to use code published under terms of GPL
(copyleft) in closed-source applications is the most important reason TO USE
this license.

Max



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