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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>>The paragraph is not misleading. You are misinterpreting it. It is not<BR>>saying you /can't/ license a VB6 program under the GPL (note that it<BR>>says "If you do this", which means you can do it). It's saying if you<BR>>do so, your program can't be used in a free software only environment.<BR><BR>No, I understand what it means. However, I believe it is misleading </FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>to answer the question with that paragraph because of the implication</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>that "it cannot be part of a free operating system such as GNU" can be </FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>misunderstood.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Which only partly true anyway. </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>While the kernel dev's have signed a </FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>statement to condemn closed source drivers, binary-only </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>modules still</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>work in Linux. Linus nixed the nuclear option on binary drivers a couple</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>years ago.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>It is especially misleading since he's running on Windows anyway </FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>with the intent on </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>using the .NET framework. It is like answering the</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>question "Is this car suitable for Argentina" with "It is illegal to drive </FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>on the right side of the road in the UK</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>."</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Nigel</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>PS Pablo, yes MS-PL and MS-RL are OSI approved open source </FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>licenses. It would probably be polite to use those if you intend on</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>hosting on CodePlex but there's no other compelling reason do so.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>I tend to use whatever license is most compatible to related projects</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>with a preference on permissive licenses. If I use some C# code</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>off Codeplex that is MS-PL, I just use that for whatever little</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>project I'm doing.</FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>