Re: ANN: Fuzzy machine learning framework v1.2

[Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>]

"Dmitry A. Kazakov" writes on comp.lang.ada:
> On Mon, 28 May 2012 13:36:53 +0200, J-P. Rosen wrote:
>> Le 28/05/2012 12:08, Dmitry A. Kazakov a écrit :
>>> This release is packaged for Windows, Fedora (yum) and Debian
>>> (apt). The software is public domain (licensed under GM GPL).
>> Just to be picky: if it's licensed under GMGPL, it's free software,
>> but it's not public domain. Public domain means that you give up all
>> your intellectual rights (possibly allowing someone to take your work
>> and putting a restrictive license upon it).
>
> I thought GMGPL allowed derivative works to be restricted as anybody
> wanted?

The GMGPL or, since GCC 4.4, GPL3 with Runtime Library Exception, allows
people to distribute *binaries* including (aka linked with) your
libraries under whatever license they wish.  They cannot, however,
redistribute the *sources* of your library under whatever license they
wish.  If they choose to redistribute the sources, they must do so under
your original license terms and with your copyright.

-- 
Ludovic Brenta.