From: Florian Weimer <fw@s.netic.de>
Subject: Re: ada < - > java bindings wanted
Date: 1999/08/20
Date: 1999-08-20T20:11:41+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87672a8b5u.fsf@deneb.cygnus.qad.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 7pjovd$qo8$1@nnrp1.deja.com
Ted Dennison <dennison@telepath.com> writes:
> According to http://www.opensource.org/certification-mark.html, that's
> not quite true. "OpenSource" could not be trademarked, so the
> certification mark is "OSI Certified".
>
> Does the GMG enjoy this status?
If `GMG' means GPL plus exceptions for compiling and linking with
library code, the answer is probably yes: Depending on the use of the
library code, there aren't any restrictions at all -- or the GPL applies,
which is OSI certified.
> I don't think meerly reading the OpenSource definition (
> http://www.opensource.org/osd.html ) is enough, as to my mind clause 9
> disqualifies the GPL, yet it is listed as being approved (
> http://www.opensource.org/certification-mark.html#approved-licenses ).
You can ship GPL software along with non-GPL software. IMHO that's
what clause 9 is all about.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1999-08-20 0:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-08-20 0:00 ada < - > java bindings wanted Geoff Bull
1999-08-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-20 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-08-20 0:00 ` Florian Weimer [this message]
1999-08-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-21 0:00 ` Simon Wright
1999-08-22 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-22 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
1999-08-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1999-08-12 0:00 Constantine A. Sismanidis
1999-08-12 0:00 ` Jim White
1999-08-12 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1999-08-12 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1999-08-12 0:00 ` David Botton
1999-08-14 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-08-12 0:00 Constantine A. Sismanidis
1999-08-12 0:00 ` Stanley R. Allen
1999-08-13 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
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