adding restrictive terms to LGPL
Kevin Hunter
hunteke at earlham.edu
Wed Jan 19 14:51:30 UTC 2011
At 12:00pm -0500 Wed, 15 Dec 2010, Andrew Wilson wrote:
>>> Being in the academic sphere on a supporting role, I can tell you
>>> they meant the first interpretation. "we distribute the software
>>> under the terms of the LGPL with the additional restriction that
>>> it may only be used for academic purposes".
> My non-lawyer guess is a judge would read LGPL (either version) as
> not allowing additional restrictive terms -- period.
Though a month late, is this FAQ of any help? Specifically, the non-use
for military purposes:
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#NoMilitary
Kevin
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