Re: [DotGNU]special exception to GPL

[David Sugar]

In the case of Guile, they had chosen to create a LGPL-like license in 
some ways, without all the same effects that the LGPL has.  I believe 
the Guile style GPL with linking exception also preceeded the LGPL 
historically, and certainly functions as a GPL with a limited linking 
exception that reverts to the pure GPL in derived works, while L-GPL 
allows derived works to also be under the L-GPL.  In some ways I like 
the Guile linking exception approach better than I like the L-GPL :). 
However, for consistancy, it's probably simpler for modern libraries 
(and embedded interpreters) to use the LGPL for consistency in licensing 
unless they have some specific problems with using it (such as in class 
frameworks where it is harder to generalize what is linked vs what is 
derived and which may require specific language to cover this the way 
the Guile exceptions do).

S11001001 wrote:

> I have noticed that other projects, such as Classpath and Guile, list 
> their GPL exceptions in every source file. Why is this not so for 
> pnetlib?