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From: John Sheahan<jrsheahan@o...>
Date: Sun Jan 9 12:28:55 CET 2005
Subject: [oc] License
Giacomo Bernardi wrote:
> I can't understand very well why the hardware would require a different
> license from software.
its worth remembering the GPL is based in copyright law, which does not
actually apply to a hardware product. I see little point in choosing a
license that is unlikely to stand up to serious challenge (for a
physical product that is).
Thats only going to dissuade those likely to assist, (and the converse)
> The GPL license, and the LGPL too, defends not only the rights of the
> author, but especially the rights of the author as a part of a community.
surely the author gets to choose. Hardware is different to software,
I see these as very software oriented arguments...
While the GPL suits some things fine, its not appropriate for many things.
>
> An example is the spice program of Berkeley. It was first developed at
> Berkeley and realesed with BSD license.
I never actually found an explicit license for the original spices.
john
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