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Re: Recommendation for a CL data structures library
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David Kastrup |
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Re: Recommendation for a CL data structures library |
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Tue, 04 May 2010 16:10:56 -0000 |
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Hyman Rosen <hyrosen@mail.com> writes:
> On 3/25/2010 9:44 AM, Raffael Cavallaro wrote:
>> It's ironic because the FSF is the creator of the GPL,
>> and even they recognized that the GPL was a poor fit
>> for libraries which is why they created the Library
>> (now Lesser) GPL.
>
> The FSF does not believe that the GPL is a poor fit for
> libraries. They believe that when there are good non-free
> alternatives to free libraries, they should use the LGPL
> for the free libraries so that users will have at least
> some freedom. When there are no good non-free versions
> available, they will use the GPL to maximize freedom for
> users.
More pragmatically: they want their licenses to be taken seriously.
That involves being able to go after violations in court and/or
settlements with good chances of success. Licenses covering a work "as
a whole" are hard to press when the material they cover is functionally
a drop-in replacement of existing non-free libraries. That makes "mere
aggregation" a really good defense.
--
David Kastrup
- Re: Recommendation for a CL data structures library, (continued)
- Re: Recommendation for a CL data structures library, RG, 2010/05/04
- Re: Recommendation for a CL data structures library, Raffael Cavallaro, 2010/05/04
- Re: Recommendation for a CL data structures library, Pascal J. Bourguignon, 2010/05/04
- Re: Recommendation for a CL data structures library, Lieven Marchand, 2010/05/04
- Re: Recommendation for a CL data structures library, Raffael Cavallaro, 2010/05/04
- Re: Recommendation for a CL data structures library, Andrew Haley, 2010/05/04
- Re: Recommendation for a CL data structures library, Raffael Cavallaro, 2010/05/04
- Re: Recommendation for a CL data structures library, Hyman Rosen, 2010/05/04
- Re: Recommendation for a CL data structures library,
David Kastrup <=
- Re: Recommendation for a CL data structures library, Hyman Rosen, 2010/05/04
- Re: Recommendation for a CL data structures library, David Kastrup, 2010/05/04
- Re: Recommendation for a CL data structures library, Alexander Terekhov, 2010/05/04
- Re: Recommendation for a CL data structures library, Hyman Rosen, 2010/05/04
- Re: Recommendation for a CL data structures library, David Kastrup, 2010/05/04
- Re: Recommendation for a CL data structures library, Hyman Rosen, 2010/05/04
- Re: Recommendation for a CL data structures library, Alexander Terekhov, 2010/05/04
- Re: Recommendation for a CL data structures library, Hyman Rosen, 2010/05/04
- Re: Recommendation for a CL data structures library, Alexander Terekhov, 2010/05/04
- Re: Recommendation for a CL data structures library, Hyman Rosen, 2010/05/04