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Re: [gfsd]LGPL?
From: |
Matt Kraai |
Subject: |
Re: [gfsd]LGPL? |
Date: |
Sat, 4 Nov 2000 02:49:12 -0700 |
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Mutt/1.0.1i |
On Sat, Nov 04, 2000 at 02:21:07AM +0100, Åsmund Skjæveland wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 12:56:02PM -0800, skot wrote:
> > > The intro at the top of:
> > >
> > > http://www.gnu.org/gnulist/production/gtk.html
> > >
> > > Indicates that GTK can be used for commercial software but at the bottom
> > > of
> > > the page it says GPL instead of LGPL.
> >
> > 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.
Thanks for the clarification. So updated.
Matt