[LAD] [OT] LinuxSampler and GPL - some clarifications

[Marek]

On Jan 27, 2008 1:11 PM, Christian Schoenebeck <cuse at users.sourceforge.net>
wrote:

> Am Sonntag, 27. Januar 2008 09:52:35 schrieb Thorsten Wilms:
> > > So to summarize that with respect to LinuxSampler, the exception
> > > "LinuxSampler is licensed under the GNU GPL with the exception that
> > > USAGE of the source code, libraries and applications FOR COMMERCIAL
> > > HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE PRODUCTS IS NOT ALLOWED" is in fact no exception
> > > at all, and is already covered by GPL.
> >
> > We have been told that the LS team talked to the FSF people. If things
> > would be so easy, I'm sure it would have been resolved already.
>
> Exactly. We don't have any sadomasochistic tendencies, so we're not
> keeping
> this restriction and all the flamewars for fun. I would appreciate if your
> claim would be true Marek, but it seems the FSF does not share your
> interpretation of the GPL. And if the author of the license doesn't ...
> you
> know ... who would?



Can you paste information that would confirm your claim that "The FSF
doesn't share my interpretation of the GPL"? I'd be very interested to read
it.
Note the the GPL is an extremely restrictive license(to the advantage of the
copyright holder), and numerous articles have been published, and numerous
statements from various companies have been issued  regarding this very
issue.
For example have a look at the intepretation which you can find directly
below the terms of GPL: This General Public License does not permit
incorporating your program into proprietary programs.

Marek
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