Re: Linux GPL and binary module exception clause?

From: Adam Sampson (azz_at_us-lot.org)
Date: 12/15/03

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    To: Andre Hedrick <andre@linux-ide.org>
Date:	Mon, 15 Dec 2003 18:01:24 +0000

    Andre Hedrick <andre@linux-ide.org> writes:

    > OSL 1 and 2 are a preferred choice as they are slowly creaping into
    > the kernel.

    The problem with the OSL is that it requires mirror sites to get
    anybody downloading OSL-licensed software from them to explicitly
    agree to the license; this is simply not practical, and the result is
    that it is not feasible to freely mirror OSL-licensed software. This
    hasn't been fixed with OSL 2, and as such it would be an exceptionally
    poor choice for any piece of software that you want to be widely
    distributed, which certainly includes Linux. 

    -- 
Adam Sampson <azz@us-lot.org>                        <http://offog.org/>
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