Am Donnerstag, 24. Januar 2008 schrieb Krzysztof Foltman:
> Paul Davis wrote:
> > You read it wrong. For two different reasons. First, the same mistake
> > than Arnold made earlier. The GPL (whatever version) is the text that
> > lays out the terms of a license. Anyone can refer to this text but then
> > add exceptions, extensions. I can even say "Its licensed under the terms
> > of GPLv3 excluding every clause, plus the follow paragraph...".
> Well, what's more, at least one well known project from Free Software
> Foundation uses exactly that: GPL plus "special exception" changing the
> conditions slightly (allowing for use in other software without making
> them covered by GPL).
> I think it may be a good reason to think that such practices are
> allowed/approved by FSF.
That is called the LGPL...
Arnold
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