- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 17:55:47 +0000 (UTC)
- To: Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net>
- cc: public-html@w3.org, PSIG <member-psig@w3.org>
On Wed, 23 Mar 2011, Sam Ruby wrote: > > > > > > > > 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 > > The question you posed was: > > "So can we combine code released under the GPL with a work released > under this license into one larger program?" > > The answer to that question is > > "Yes, it is possible to combine code released under the GPL with a work > released under this license into one larger program" No, the answer is no, as I explained in the paragraphs immediately following the one you quoted. > Meanwhile, nothing in the corner case you believe you have found affects > any of the use cases that this working group put forward. It affects GPL compatibility, since it poses an additional restriction. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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