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Re: Mark Mitchell as C++ co-maintainer
- To: egcs at egcs dot cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: Mark Mitchell as C++ co-maintainer
- From: abel at bfr dot co dot il (Alexander L. Belikoff)
- Date: 23 Apr 1999 00:45:58 +0300
- References: <9904202245.AA04348@marc.watson.ibm.com>
David Edelsohn <dje@watson.ibm.com> writes:
> >>>>> Chip Salzenberg writes:
>
> Chip> According to Paul D. Smith:
> >> Unfortunately ssh's licensing is such that it isn't acceptable for
> >> installation on the GNU systems.
>
> Chip> Before BSD was free, I suppose gnu.org ran on... what? Air?
> Chip> Sometimes there are compelling reasons to use a non-free program.
>
> The problem with using SSH is not SSH's license, but SSH's own use
> of GMP covered by the LGPL. The commercial version of SSH continues to use
> the GNU MP library, but the distributors do not follow the requirements of
> the LGPL. It would look very strange for the FSF to use software that not
> only is not free but flaunts the FSF's own license.
If this is true, then isn't it what lawyers are for? What is the FSF's
legal positiono on this?
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Alexander L. Belikoff
Bloomberg L.P. / BFM Financial Research Ltd.
abel@vallinor4.com, abel@bfr.co.il