Re: [f-cpu] The last killing argument FOR the GPL licence

[Yann Guidon <whygee@f-cpu.org>]

hi,

Nicolas Boulay wrote:
> 
> I just disover one very important point for us inside the GPL FAQ.
> 
> http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#LinkingOverControlledInterface
> ---
> How can I allow linking of proprietary modules with my GPL-covered
> library under a controlled interface only?
> Add this text to the license notice of each file in the package, at the
> end of the text that says the file is distributed under the GNU GPL:
> 
>     Linking FOO statically or dynamically with other modules is making a
> combined work based on FOO.  Thus, the terms and conditions of the GNU
> General Public License cover the whole combination.
<snip> 
> ---
> 
> So this interface could be the bus interface to the outside only (the
> internal bus of the chip, the wishbone ?).

Whenever i can, i'll release a proposal version for a "F-CPU license".
Neither GPL or LGPL seem to satisfy me.

> nicO
WHYGEE
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