Subject: Re: Better than..
To: None <port-i386@netbsd.org, netbsd-advocacy@netbsd.org>
From: Peter Seebach <seebs@plethora.net>
List: port-i386
Date: 02/10/2000 20:34:50
In message <200002110105.UAA22135@Twig.Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>, der Mouse write
s:
>It's not a question of ideology, unless you call adhering to license
>terms "ideology".  Go read the GPL - if we put any GPLed code in the
>kernel, we either must (a) not distribute kernels or (b) GPL the rest
>of the kernel.

Or (c) distribute the rest of the kernel under terms that do not impose any
restrictions not imposed by the GPL.

As I understand it, the only "problem" is the advertising clause.

At least, so GPL advocates have claimed - but frankly, I'd hate to be in the
position of finding out they'd changed it.

-s