Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++

[Alexander Terekhov]

Hyman Rosen wrote:
[...]
> They're licenses that grant extra rights to people who

http://www.ipinfoblog.com/archives/Open%20Source%20Legal%20Issues.pdf

LEGAL ISSUES IN OPEN SOURCE AND
FREE SOFTWARE DISTRIBUTION1
RAYMOND T. NIMMER

1 This materials have been adapted from Chapter 11 in Raymond T.
Nimmer, The Law of Computer Technology (1997, 2005 Supp.).

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C. Viral impact: unrestricted vs. copyleft software

The idea of 'copyleft' license provisions is a characteristic part of 
at least a segment of the free software and open source software (FSOS) 
community.89 Indeed, it is common in FSOS to view restrictive copyleft 
provisions as the hallmark of truly 'free' software, as the community 
defines that term. From the perspective of nonbelievers, however, 
copyleft is the most controversial feature of free software and open 
source software because it affects the user's rights with respect to 
the FSOS software and may impact the user's control of software written 
entirely by it when used in conjunction with the FSOS software.

In a stunning example of double-speak, the Preamble to the GPL 
describes the reason for such provisions in the GPL in terms of 
protecting the licensee's rights:

                To protect your rights, ...

While proponents refer to such restrictions as creating “free” 
software, protecting rights, persons affected or potentially affected 
by the terms tend to refer to the risk of “viral” license terms that 
reach out to infect their own, separately developed software and of 
improper market leverage and misuse of copyright to control the works 
of other people.
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See the light Hyman?

regards,
alexander.

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