- From: Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net>
- Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 21:49:20 -0400
- To: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- CC: Jonas Sicking <jonas@sicking.cc>, Lawrence Rosen <lrosen@rosenlaw.com>, public-html@w3.org, PSIG <member-psig@w3.org>
On 03/22/2011 09:16 PM, Ian Hickson wrote: > On Tue, 22 Mar 2011, Jonas Sicking wrote: >> >> I would still maintain that "Option 3" is not compatible with GPL >> though. While the license doesn't explicitly forbid copying the text >> under the license into another specification, it effectively forbids it >> by not allowing it. I'll note that GPL doesn't limit itself to "explicit >> restrictions", but rather restrictions in general. > > Indeed. There are non-forking-related restrictions too, e.g. it doesn't > allow use in hardware devices, as far as I can tell. Lawrence never > publicly replied to my e-mail on the subject: > > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2011Mar/0209.html > > (Search in particular for the bit where I quote the GPL FAQ.) I encourage you to read this: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/member-psig/2011JanMar/0138.html If after reading that, if you have further questions about the GPL FAQ, see the following for information on how to get more information: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#LicensingMailingList - Sam Ruby
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