Re: Fedora Freedom and linux-libre

[Les Mikesell <lesmikesell gmail com>]

Simo Sorce wrote:
> Sorry but this comment is either grossly imprecise and dictated by hurry
> in writing up[, or it underlines a gross misunderstanding of the GPL. In
> either case, as it is just false.
>
> First, a copyleft license by nature,

Can you define copyleft? I don't think that term helps clear up any 
misunderstandings.

> cannot be compatible with just any
> license, but only with licenses that follow certain rules, for obvious
> reasons. 

Those reasons are not at all obvious. There is never any need to 
restrict combinations of works.

> Being GPL compatible is not difficult at all, in most cases modern
> licenses that are not GPL (at least v3) compatible, are not by choice,
> so you should really look at both sides of the equation, you cannot
> blame the GPL for lack of compatibility, compatibility is always a two
> sides story.

When the GPL is the only one placing requirements on the other 
components it is not a two sided story.

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  Les Mikesell
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