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Looking at the new license, one things strikes me immediately. Any
software previously linked with Blitz++ (which had to be under the GPL)
cannot link with Blitz++ without a license change, as it's incompatible
with the GPL. (Yes, the GPL is a pain. It's incompatible with almost
every other license out there. But it is a very common license, and IMO
it has features that make it a very nice open-source license.)
Apparently your objection to the LGPL (which I assume you looked at) is
that it has to be dynamically linked to any program not distributed as
source (basically).
You might allow it to be distributed under your license or GPL(version 2
or any later version). This would allow it to be linked to GPL programs
and still have the effect of your license. The only downside is that it
could be forked under the GPL and not under your license, preventing you
from integrating in the changes. However, it hasn't happened to Perl,
which is under a similar license, and I believe it's more of a
theoritical problem then a practical one.
Another nit: "Freely Available means that no fee is charged for the
item." Combined with the later statement of "Reasonable Copying Fee",
it's meaningless. The three parts (those two definitions and part 2) are
what make many people complain about the Artistic License being poorly
written. It would effectively change nothing if they were cut, and might
make the license look a bit nicer (and smaller).
-- David Starner - dstarner98@aasaa.ofe.org Dullard: someone who, wanting a piece of information, takes down the appropriate volume of the encyclopedia, looks up the item they need, and then puts the volume away without reading anything else. - Peter Dell'Orto, paraphrased from Philip Jose Farmer--------------------- blitz-dev list -------------------------------- * To subscribe/unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@oonumerics.org, with "subscribe blitz-dev" or "unsubscribe blitz-dev" in the body of the message * Blitz++ web page: http://oonumerics.org/blitz/
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