On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 05:35:35PM +0200, Frank Küster wrote: > Michael Banck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Seconds, since when do we consider the GPL to be viral? > > Don't know about you, but the FSF does - it has created the LGPL because > of this.
Actually, they don't. They consider the GPL a perfectly valid license for a library; however, they also consider that in some cases, it *may* be better to use the LGPL instead. Just not all of them. Why do you think they * Never released libreadline under anything else than the GPL, * Renamed the LGPL from the "Library GPL" to the "Lesser GPL"? -- Fun will now commence -- Seven Of Nine, "Ashes to Ashes", stardate 53679.4 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
