[Typo3-dev] Non-GPL licence on a GPL extension

[Elmar Hinz]

Martin Kutschker wrote:
> 
> Why would the user be exempt from the licence?!!
> 
> Everyone including developers and the end users have to obey the licence 
> rules which say no to linking with non-GPL compatible code.
> 
> If the user could mix GPL and non-GPL code there would be no point in 
> using the GPL at all.
> 

Hi Martin,

the license is short enough and worth to read it all.

http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
http://www.gnu.de/gpl-ger.html

I find no word about restrictions in usage. IMHO everthing GPL covers is 
distribution.


Elmar


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