On Tue, 1 Apr 2003, Torsten Werner wrote: > On Tuesday, 2003-04-01 at 11:43:36 AM (-0500), Branden Robinson wrote: > > All other uses not mentioned here require a commercial license. > > Restrictions on use violate DFSG 5 or 6; this one violates both, arguably, > > based on what you do and who you are.
> I cannot see the difference to the GPL. The GPL requires that every > program that is linked against a GPLed library must be licensed as GPL. Not at all. The GPL prohibits _distributing_ a GPL program linked against GPL-incompatible libraries. Anyone is free to _use_ a GPL program as they see fit. I can happily link any GPL software against anything I like, though I'm not always allowed to distribute the result. > PDFlib lite requires that every program that is linked against PDFlib > lite must be OSS (OSI approved) *or* you must be a private or research > user. This is *or* but not *and* in my opinion. Don't you agree? What > exactly makes PDFlib lite non-free? The use restrictions make it non-free. -- Mark Rafn [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://www.dagon.net/>
