On 10/17/2011 03:07 PM, Volker Fröhlich wrote:
The headers in the various file mention GPLv2. With all the rubble in
the
license, around mentioning it was GPLv2, is this certainly free software?
No, this license mess is non-free. In it, it says:
"and the GPL-based source code must be made available upon request"
A free software license cannot force a user to distribute source code
except in limited circumstances (when a corresponding binary is
distributed, or deployed as a network service). See the FSF's
comments on the original nonfree Apple Public Source License:
https://gnu.org/philosophy/historical-apsl.html
There are other areas that make this beast non-free, but this is perhaps
the most glaring.
~tom
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