[LAD] io GNU/Linux LiveDVD/USB ... 64-bit iso up :)

Dominique Michel dominique.michel at vtxnet.ch
Tue Dec 31 21:03:13 UTC 2013


Le Tue, 31 Dec 2013 12:08:23 -0500,
Paul Davis <paul at linuxaudiosystems.com> a écrit :

> On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 12:26 PM, Dominique Michel <
> dominique.michel at vtxnet.ch> wrote:
> 
> >
> > In gentoo, we have another politic with the licences. The free
> > licence are accepted by portage by default, and for the other
> > licences, the user must accept them on a per package basis. For
> > linuxsampler, both the portage versions and the pro-audio overlay
> > live version are considered as GPL2, as stated into the source code.
> >
> 
> It isn't clear that linuxsampler's license is legal. They use the
> GPL2 and then add restrictions, which is prohibited by the GPL. It
> may or may not affect the license, but either way it is a wierd
> situation.

Sorry Paul for the double posting, I just hit Answer and it din't make
it to the list.

Is it not the point of the GPL3 to be a free license that allow to make
anything with the work done with the software, but to restrict
commercial distribution of the code or the software?

Dominique


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