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Re: Contributed Modules
On Sat, May 06, 2006 at 03:53:54PM +0200, tobias.schlueter@physik.uni-muenchen.de wrote:
> Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote on Sat, 06 May 2006:
> >I think that this is something for the wiki.
> >Additionally, the license would need to be the
> >GPL+exception (just like with libgfortran);
> >otherwise, the use of one of these modules
> >would infect a person's code with the GPL.
>
> This statement is not true. As long as someone doesn't redistribute
> binaries they're usually safe from anything infection-like. Also e.g.
> BSDish licenses would be perfectly fine.
>
Yes, of course, distribution would need to occur. But,
to expose any gfortran user to this potential problem
is something I think we should avoid. I doubt a BSD
type license would be permitted in that the Steering
Committe and RMS would dictate which license to use.
--
Steve