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Re: [MiNT] COPYMINT
On Wed, Feb 17, 1999 at 12:53:26AM +0100, Tomas Berndtsson wrote:
> Guido Flohr <gufl0000@stud.uni-sb.de> writes:
>
> > I have a large set of files that replace/enhance MiNTLib functions which
> > I would like to contribute to the MiNTLib. My problem is that I really
> > can't identify myself with the MiNTLib's copying policy. I'm actually
> > a supporter of the GNU General Public License (GPL) but it would be
> > unfair if I put my contributios under the GPL. Among the routines I
> > plan to modify are really vital ones and putting them under the GPL would
> > mean that many commercial users could not use these routines any longer.
>
> Maybe you'd want to take a look at LGPL (Library General Public
> Licence), which is basically GPL with the exception that programs may
> be linked with the library without having to fall under the terms of
> GPL. This means that commercial users may very well use MiNTLib to
> link against.
Most users consider the LGPL to restrictive for the MiNTLib. Furthermore
the Free Software Foundation itself considers the LGPL now a "failed
experiment" (see recent automake docs). COPYMINT is much more liberal
than LGPL and much more aware of commercial interests.
Ciao
Guido
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