[arch-general] readline GPL violation on two pkgs?

[Andrei Thorp]

Excerpts from Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi's message of Wed Jun 24 21:51:14 -0400 2009:
> Aaron Griffin wrote:
> >> And if we get in tight, there are conflicts between different versions
> >> of the GPL, this is ugly. To this are the lawyers, who enjoy these
> >> things, and not for us who are programmers, right?
> >>
> >> Good Luck.
> >>     
> >
> > To paraphrase what Thomas said to me: This is all free software, we
> > should be able to use free software with other free software, damnit.
> > It seems to go against the spirit to do things like this. I like this
> > sentiment. I mean, I get that there are zealots out there who strongly
> > believe in their Chosen License as if it were a soccer team, but
> > seriously - it's all free software, and we may be subtly violating the
> > letter of the license, but the letter of the license is violating the
> > _spirit_ of the license.
> >
> >   
> Ok Aaron thanks for the clarification :)
> 
> I liked this phrase: "...but the letter of the license is violating the
> _spirit_ of the license" ;)

This may be bad thinking, but to be honest -- is Stallman, Linus, or
<BSD Guy> _really_ going to sue a fellow open source program / distro
for just using their stuff?
-- 
Andrei Thorp, Developer: Xandros Corp. (http://www.xandros.com)

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