GPL Compatability (was Re: The State of Python)

[Martijn Faassen]

Moshe Zadka <moshez at math.huji.ac.il> wrote:
> On 28 Jul 2000, Martijn Faassen wrote:

>> Moshe Zadka <moshez at math.huji.ac.il> wrote:
>> > On Fri, 28 Jul 2000, Paul Duffin wrote:
>> 
>> >> What does GPL compatible mean ? 
>> 
>> > It means that it can be relicenced as GPL.
>> 
>> Are you sure? I thought it meant you could legally link it to
>> GPL-ed software. That's what the whole Qt/KDE squabble is about, at least.

> Martijn, you keep forgetting I'm a mathematician -- we're almost as bad as
> lawyers. I *did* not say that for any licence X, Y is X compatible is Y
> can be relicenced as X. However, because of the viral nature of the GPL,
> what you said and what I said is equivalent.

I figured it would be something like that. I started examining the GPL
and thinking it all over, but since I'm not a laywer and not a mathematician
either, I just gave up for now. :)

Regards,

Martijn
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