Bob Friesenhahn <bfrie...@simple.dallas.tx.us> wrote:
> These reasons don't make CDDL incompatible with GPL. GPL is
> compatible with any license which is at least as permissive as itself.
> GPLv2 only requires that the recipient be able to receive all of the
> source code under terms which allow building new binaries (including
> based on modified source code) and distributed under similar terms.
> There might be some other reason that CDDL could be considered
> incompatible with GPL, but not the reasons you mentioned.
The FSF claims that running FSF software on top of OpenSolaris is permitted, so
it seems that the FSF does not see any incompatibility from combining GPL
software with e.g. CDDL libraries.
Jörg
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