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Chan Chung Hang Christopher
christopher.chan at bradbury.edu.hk
Wed Sep 23 17:12:22 BST 2009
Florian Diesch wrote:
> Graham Todd <grahamtodd2 at googlemail.com> writes:
>
>
>> On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:25:23 -0400
>> Jay Daniels <tux at myt60.net> uttered these words:
>>
>>
>>> Your next favorite java app: http://tinyurl.com/6a3by
>>>
>> The blurb says:
>>
>>
>>> Not surprisingly, BlogBridge is also Open Source.
>>>
>> ...but Blogbridge is **NOT** free software (as defined by gnu.org)
>> since you will have to sign up to a restrictive licensing agreement.
>>
>
> They offer you to use it under GPL as well. And I guess their own
> license is illegal as the program includes GPL software.
>
>
If it does pull in GPL code, that could a case for the FSF or whoever
goes notifying companies of infringements and the need for them to
comply with the GPL.
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