Compatibility of the AFL with the GPL

John Cowan jcowan at reutershealth.com
Thu Mar 13 14:03:17 UTC 2003


Mark Rafn scripsit:

> You lost me after the first GPL violation (putting non-GPL-compatible code
> in the Linux kernel).

Well, that's a question.  RMS says it's a violation, but that doesn't make it
one necessarily; Larry, after all, says it isn't one.

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