On Jul 29, 2007, at 3:42 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> <rant>While I think the goals of the FSF in general and the various
>> and sundry versions of the GPL in particular are in many senses
>> noble,
>
> <minirant>To the contrary, the general theme in GPLv3 seems to be "!
> @#$ you, Microsoft and Tivo" regardless of any political backlash.
> About as noble as a vegan setting fire to a McDonald's trash can,
> if you ask me.</minirant>
[snip]
> That reads very much like the Creative Commons license, but with a
> bit more attitude than one wants to see in a legal document. Also,
> feel free to contribute Creative Commons licenced works.
\begin{RankSpeculationRequest}
Does anyone have a good feel for the impact of adding BSD-, MIT-, or
CCL-licensed content to a base that is licensed under GPL2 (as I
think SAGE is now); or under GPL3?
My recollection is that it isn't pretty.
\end{RankSpeculationRequest}
Justin
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