On Jan 27, 2008 1:11 PM, Christian Schoenebeck <cuse@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