GPL & "non profit use only"

[Chris DiBona]

The GPL doesn't allow restrictive addons, therefore, it is no longer
the gpl and thus not open source.

Chris

On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 4:03 PM, Andre Caldas <andre.em.caldas at gmail.com> wrote:
>> If the code is GPL (and even says "V2 or later"!),
>> then a restriction on "non profit use only"
>> is meaningless, right?
>>
>> For example:
>>
>> http://cvlab.epfl.ch/~tola/open_source.html
>
> I think you should ask. ;-)
> Just ask the author. Or just ignore him... that's probably what he deserves.
>
> It might be that in the end it is just NOT GPL. If I say it is GPL
> plus "this restriction", then it is probably not GPL anymore. In this
> case it is not even "free software".
>
> Of course I am not considering the case this guy you mention is not
> the only author. In this case he might be infringing the original
> author's copyright himself.
>
>
> André Caldas.
> --
> - Por que altera a ordem natural da conversação!
> - Por que não?
> - Eu não gosto, não.
> - Você gosta quando copiam a mensagem original ao final do e-mail?
>
>



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