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Re: [gfsd]LGPL?
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Åsmund Skjæveland |
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Re: [gfsd]LGPL? |
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Date: |
Sat, 4 Nov 2000 02:21:07 +0100 |
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> On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 12:56:02PM -0800, skot wrote:
> > The intro at the top of:
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> > http://www.gnu.org/gnulist/production/gtk.html
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> > Indicates that GTK can be used for commercial software but at the bottom of
> > the page it says GPL instead of LGPL.
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> Thanks for the alert. This is corrected, and should show up on the
> website tomorrow.
The correct term in this context is "proprietary software", not "commercial
software". It's perfecty possible to sell software lisenced under the GNU
GPL as (part of) a commercial product, as amongst others Mandrake Linux and
Red Hat do.
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Åsmund Skjæveland (address@hidden)