Re: business models [was patent stuff]

[Alan Cox]

On Tue, 2002-05-28 at 18:13, Adam J. Richter wrote:
> 	You could license all programs that consist entirely of
> free software.  That way, BSD, LGPL, and MPL software that did
> not link in proprietary software would be allowed too, but your
> example of a proprietary program that linked in the BSD'ed
> libpatent.o/c would not be covered by this permission.

Define "free software" using only legally defined phrases which have
precedent. In fact put four people in a room and get them to define free
software.

> software would address issues like GPL'ed software that contains
> content that is GPL compatible but not GPL'ed, future versions of

If its linked then it is GPL in the linked form, otherwise you wouldn't
be allowed to link it

Alan