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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
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Subject: Re: Ada and Database
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 22:03:32 GMT
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> --You are probably right. What I meant is an _open_source_
> license (e.g. Ad=AAlib's) slightly more restrictive than GPL
> may be compatible with GPL.=

I don't know how to be clearer :-)

NO license that is MORE restrictive than the GPL can possibly
be compatible with the GPL. There are indeed a number of
open source licenses that are incomaptible with the GPL, and
indeed the resulting software is not considered to be Free
Software by the GNU Project.


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