David Brownell wrote: > On Friday 26 June 2009, Harald Kipp wrote: >> The intention of GPL is to explicitly give users the >> freedom to use GPL software in any way they see fit. > > Assuming "use" doesn't include depriving others of such > freedoms ... that's just *ONE* of its intentions > > Another is to be able to *keep doing* that even in the > face of, say, a manufacturer changing support policies > when an OS upgrade or new model happens.
IMHO, freedom of use doesn't mean freedom for a limited time period. Anyway, I agree without reservation. > And that's why GPL restricts distribution of GPL > software with non-Free libraries. If it didn't, > then the users relying on the non-Free code would > not have the full set of Freedoms intended by GPL. There has been no intention to distribute GPL code with non-free libraries. At least not in this thread or by any of my postings. I'd further suggest to add a note to OpenOCD, telling the user that using non-free libraries like FTD2XX may be risky and may cut free usage. Harald _______________________________________________ Openocd-development mailing list Openocd-development@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/openocd-development
