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Re: libcurl license incompatible with GPL 2?

From: Geoff Beier <geoff_at_redhoundsoftware.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2018 09:10:52 -0400

On Sun, Jun 10, 2018 at 7:46 AM, Daniel Stenberg <daniel_at_haxx.se> wrote:

>
> That clause is inspired by and similar to the 3-clause BSD license[1]
> which FSF sees no compatiblity problems with [2]. I would guess because it
> doesn't limit the distribution nor the or the use of the source code, just
> advertising and promotion of products built upon it.
>
> [1] = https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause
> [2] = https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html#ModifiedBSD
>
>>
>>
It also matches the clause at the end of the MIT/X11 license exactly[1],
which the FSF sees no compatibility problems with[2].

[1] https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/License:X11
[2] http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#X11License

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Received on 2018-06-10