On Mon, 2006-06-19 at 16:29 -0400, Sean wrote: > > If you are a purist who would like to pretend that no code under other > > licenses exists or is needed, I can respect that point of view. However > > it seems hypocritical to say if you've ever downloaded a plugin, module, > > or other component with code covered by different restrictions (an mp3 > > plugin, for example) that might load into the same process as a GPL'd > > component or recommended that others do so in violation of that license > > you claim to support. > > You are much more hypocritical to use GPL software if you don't agree with > its license. Not at all. It explicitly permits use without agreeing to anything. And since I'm not interested in distributing software I couldn't do anything in disagreement with it anyway. What it does prohibit is the distribution of those plugins and components - well sort-of. Paid quote from an FSF lawyer on http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/doc/gstreamer/head/faq/html/chapter-legal.html#legal-distribute-three "We will not advise you that it would be safe to do so..." -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
