From Rory.WINSTON at rbs.com  Thu Oct 23 12:38:37 2008
From: Rory.WINSTON at rbs.com (Rory.WINSTON at rbs.com)
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:38:37 +0100
Subject: [Rd] Possible GPL Violation (Ian Fellows)
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<snip>The law books were more interesting than the girlfriend...</snip>

Ouch!!!

But this does raise one of the issues I have with the GPL and the GPL family of licenses - the constant confusion around what is and what is not permissible. It's a gray area (possibly deliberately so), and most coversations end up with numerous opinions being offered, all prefixed with "IANAL, but..". It's that and the perception that the GPL ismore about ideology than software that lead me to prefer BSD-type licenses for pretty much everything.

IANAL, IMHO, etc etc.

Rory


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[Rd] Possible GPL Violation (Ian Fellows)
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