Handspring, gcc and ignoring the gpl

Rémi Letot remi.letot.nospam@advalvas.be
Tue Oct 19 02:06:00 GMT 1999


Barry Margolin wrote:

> It sounds like they screwed up by not realizing the implications of
> releasing software that was derived from code with incompatible licenses.
By not releasing the source they chose to break the GPL, apparently to
avoid breaking another licence. You are right, the licence may be
incompatible, but that's not an excuse, it's an explanation.

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