Free World Licence.
Bruce Perens
bruce at perens.com
Tue Oct 19 02:27:03 UTC 1999
From: "Ross N. Williams" <ross at rocksoft.com>
> Aren't those sort of non-free components typically above the OS level?
> My definition requires that only the parts that my program needs to
> run be free.
So no non-free drivers, for example?
> AGGREGATION: Mere aggregation of another work not based on
> the Module with the Module (or with a work based on the
> Module) on a volume of a storage or distribution medium does
> not bring the other work under the scope of this Licence.
It sounds self-contradictory, though. You excuse aggregation but
putting the program together with an operating system isn't
aggregation?
Thanks
Bruce
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