[Savannah-hackers] Fwd: Re: [gnu.org #206952] GPL compatibility address@hidden

[Sylvain Beucler]

FYI,

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Sylvain

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Date: 2004.07.28 08:26
Subject: Re: [gnu.org #206952] GPL compatibility
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On Tue, 2004-07-27 at 10:31, Sylvain Beucler via RT wrote:
> > The Gnuplot license (no relation to GNU) says the same thing.  We
feel
> > that the license does permit the basic freedoms that the FSD
requires.
> >
> > You *can* modify the software, and distribute your modifications --
> > you just have to distribute them in a funny form.
>
> Actually I have another question: is this license compatible with the
> GNU GPL (and thus can be used by Scicalc)?
> I have the feeling the answer is no..

Unfortunately, the license is incompatible with the GPL.

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David Turner
GPL Compliance Engineer
Free Software Foundation