Compatibility of the AFL with the GPL

John Cowan jcowan at reutershealth.com
Thu Mar 13 14:32:04 UTC 2003


Rod Dixon scripsit:
> 
> You are both wrong. The designation of whether one license is incompatible
> with the GPL says nothing about "violation." On FSF's website, they
> designate some licenses as incompatible with the GPL. The question raised
> was why the AFL is included in that list.

It is whether the of creating a work that is derivative from two other works,
W licensed under license Alpha, and X licensed under the GPL, is lawful
that determines whether or not Alpha is incompatible with the GPL.

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