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Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++
From: |
Alexander Terekhov |
Subject: |
Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++ |
Date: |
Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:42:01 +0100 |
Hyman Rosen wrote:
[...]
> They're licenses that grant extra rights to people who
http://www.ipinfoblog.com/archives/Open%20Source%20Legal%20Issues.pdf
LEGAL ISSUES IN OPEN SOURCE AND
FREE SOFTWARE DISTRIBUTION1
RAYMOND T. NIMMER
1 This materials have been adapted from Chapter 11 in Raymond T.
Nimmer, The Law of Computer Technology (1997, 2005 Supp.).
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C. Viral impact: unrestricted vs. copyleft software
The idea of 'copyleft' license provisions is a characteristic part of
at least a segment of the free software and open source software (FSOS)
community.89 Indeed, it is common in FSOS to view restrictive copyleft
provisions as the hallmark of truly 'free' software, as the community
defines that term. From the perspective of nonbelievers, however,
copyleft is the most controversial feature of free software and open
source software because it affects the user's rights with respect to
the FSOS software and may impact the user's control of software written
entirely by it when used in conjunction with the FSOS software.
In a stunning example of double-speak, the Preamble to the GPL
describes the reason for such provisions in the GPL in terms of
protecting the licensee's rights:
To protect your rights, ...
While proponents refer to such restrictions as creating free
software, protecting rights, persons affected or potentially affected
by the terms tend to refer to the risk of viral license terms that
reach out to infect their own, separately developed software and of
improper market leverage and misuse of copyright to control the works
of other people.
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See the light Hyman?
regards,
alexander.
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- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++, (continued)
- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++, Alexander Terekhov, 2010/02/02
- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++, Hyman Rosen, 2010/02/02
- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++, Alexander Terekhov, 2010/02/02
- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++, Hyman Rosen, 2010/02/02
- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++, Alexander Terekhov, 2010/02/02
- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++, Hyman Rosen, 2010/02/02
- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++, Alexander Terekhov, 2010/02/02
- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++, David Kastrup, 2010/02/02
- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++, Alexander Terekhov, 2010/02/02
- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++, Hyman Rosen, 2010/02/02
- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++,
Alexander Terekhov <=
- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++, Hyman Rosen, 2010/02/02
- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++, Alexander Terekhov, 2010/02/02
- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++, Hyman Rosen, 2010/02/02
- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++, Alexander Terekhov, 2010/02/02
- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++, Hyman Rosen, 2010/02/02
- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++, Alexander Terekhov, 2010/02/02
- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++, Hyman Rosen, 2010/02/02
- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++, Alexander Terekhov, 2010/02/02
- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++, Hyman Rosen, 2010/02/02
- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++, Alexander Terekhov, 2010/02/02