Is it possible/impossible to develop proprietary software to run on linux?

Jos Visser josv at osp.nl
Wed Aug 5 12:09:49 CEST 2009


Let's all agree that it is Armijn's fault, and keep it at that.

++Jos.ch

On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 12:00:36PM +0200 it came to pass that paolo del bene wrote:
> 2009/8/5 Armijn Hemel <armijn at uulug.nl>
> 
> > On Wed, 2009-08-05 at 02:08 +0200, paolo del bene wrote:
> > > I am sorry for you but time ago, busybox was violated, and you can
> > > imangine
> > > which is its own license: http://www.busybox.net/license.html
> >
> > No shit...
> >
> > > BusyBox is licensed under the GNU General Public License, version
> > > 2about
> > > µClinux i can tell you that is GNU LIBRARY GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE, but
> > > they
> > > have not say which version, i suppose is the version 2 as i found on
> > > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/library.txt  but i think that
> > > is
> > > better to ask to Erik Andersen <andersen at codepoet.org>
> > >
> > > Please invite Erik Andersen to clarify which GNU Library General
> > > Public
> > > License they actually are using.
> >
> > But it is not part of the GNU *project*, which was my entire point. Now,
> > this has nothing to do with licensing, just with religion and
> > boneheadedness, so let's stop the discussion, ok?
> >
> > armijn
> >
> > --
> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > armijn at uulug.nl | http://www.uulug.nl/ | UULug: Utrecht Linux Users Group
> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> you are doing all yourself, you started, not i, remember this

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