[wsfii-discuss] batman license

Mon Nov 5 01:13:41 UTC 2007

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Gregers Petersen schrieb:
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> Axel Neumann wrote:
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>> I' ve considered that idea, but we are including lots of GPL based libraries 
>> (thanks to GPL). So we have to stick to the license. We can extend and change 
>> the code, but not the license. Actually, I am not an expert in this. Do you 
>> still belive that its possible to license the code under CC then?
>>
> 
> I suppose it depends on the integration between the various
> sources/libraries - but perhaps it would be legal to license the batman
> source under something different from GPL, though I would assume it is
> needed to ask someone who's able to identify the legal boundaries (maybe
> the people from gpl-violations.org ?
> 

the whole efford is still to make software less free, to restrict, to to
all the evil things with "better" intention. free software would no have
been as sucsessful as it is with the restriction to noncomercial use.

by restricting it, you betray the free software movement, you violate
GPL and forget the reasons for the GPL clause of nonrestriction.

and, finally, you will not be able to enforce it anyway, as there is now
working way to enforce GPL agains Mikrotik right now.

concentrate on the battle agains mikrotik, kick them out of european
market instead of opening new battlefronts without any sense. has saxnet
any claus to not to sell devices to military or companys in "homeland
security? could they stop customers from reselling?

peace for the windmills, gruss, Alex
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