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List:       debian-devel
Subject:    Re: Bug#366834: ITP: cxxtools -- library of unrelated, but useful
From:       Josselin Mouette <joss () debian ! org>
Date:       2006-05-11 20:19:27
Message-ID: 1147378767.4284.4.camel () utena ! localnet
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Le jeudi 11 mai 2006 à 16:46 +0200, martin f krafft a écrit :
> also sprach Kari Pahula <kaol@debian.org> [2006.05.11.1535 +0200]:
> > * License         : GPL v2 or later
> 
> That will make it pretty useless for non-GPL applications. Why don't
> you choose (if possible) a less "viral" licence?

I think this is the whole point of licensing a library under the GPL.
There's not much point in using a copyleft if you allow proprietary
applications to use the library.
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