Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: Moritz Schulte <moritz@×××××××××××××××.de>
To: Mark Bainter <mark-gt@×××××.org>
Cc: Christophe Vanfleteren <gentoo@×××××××.be>, gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] License criteria for Gentoo
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 09:38:45
Message-Id: 87y99rjvco.fsf@fnord.sc
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] License criteria for Gentoo by Mark Bainter
1 Mark Bainter <mark-gt@×××××.org> writes:
2
3 > Hrm, it was my understanding that it wasn't considered "FREE"
4 > because it allowed a third party to use the code without releasing
5 > the source.
6
7 This just means that it is not a copyleft license. Copyleft is not a
8 requirement for a Free Software license.
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10 moritz
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