Approval of IWL - Consolidated Response

[Matthew Flaschen]

Gernot Heiser wrote:
>>>>>> On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:08:13 -0700, Bruce Perens <bruce at perens.com> said:
> BP> Russ Nelson wrote:
>>> Gernot Heiser writes:
>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:13:10 -0700, Bruce Perens <bruce at perens.com> said:
>>>> BP> FYI, I wrote OSD #9 and agree that its language is intended to prohibit
>>>> BP> the terms in your license section (c)(ii).
>>>>
>>>> Ok, so please excuse my ignorance. If this is a problem for the IWL,
>>>> why is it not a problem for the GPL?
>>> Because the GPL relies on there being a single work.  The GPL doesn't
>>> try to reach across an API into other pieces of software.
> 
> That's not what the FSF says, they claim that linking against GPLed
> code makes your code GPLed, a clear case of reaching across APIs.

The FSF's informal interpretation, and distortions thereof, have no 
relevance to OSI approval.  OSI approves licenses, not submitters.  I 
have explained in great depth why the two GPL licenses comply, and IWL 
does not.

Matt Flaschen