[Mageia-dev] Draft of a Letter to the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC).

Thu Nov 8 11:01:32 CET 2012

On Wed, 7 Nov 2012 20:49:20 +0100
+Pierre Jarillon <jarillon at abul.org> wrote:
+
+> Le mardi 6 novembre 2012 23:39:43, Shlomi Fish a écrit :
+> > So our question is: assuming we package faac as a package, can we still
+> > provide pre-made and binary packages of GPLed programs that use it?
+> 
+> you can add few words about interoperability
+> http://interoperability-definition.info/en/
+> which allows to read legally acquired datas.
+> 
+
+I have read that page, but I don't understand how interoperability is related
+here? The problem is that strong copyleft licences such as the GPL impose
+restrictions on what are the acceptable licenses they can be linked against,
+which undermines compatibility. I'm not sure I'm happy with that, but many
+developers seem to like using these licences.
+
+Regards,
+
+	Shlomi Fish
+
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