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On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Benjamin Stuhl wrote:
> The GPL conflicts with the Artistic License, which is why perl5 isn't full
> of code taken from various GNU projects. The general consensus (or at least
> Larry's opinion, IIRC) was that preserving the multiple license option was
> much more important.
(Historically, another reason why perl5 isn't full of code taken from
various GNU projects is that perl has often been in the forefront of
development in some areas so that there wasn't always suitable code
available at the time it was needed.)
The GPL/LGPL issue may not be that big a problem in some cases. On a caae
by case basis, we could politely approach authors of other free software
packages to discuss alternative licensing arrangements. I predict that at
least in some cases we could come to a fine mutual agreement. In short,
just because a package is GPL/LGPL, we shouldn't write it off.
--
Andy Dougherty doughera@lafayette.edu
Dept. of Physics
Lafayette College, Easton PA 18042