jerr3d opened this issue on Jan 06, 2012 · 304 posts
WandW posted Sun, 08 January 2012 at 12:48 PM
Quote - Err, sorry, but not quite. I get the community aspect, but unless it becomes licensed under the GPL, it's nothing like Linux.
Read the GPL sometime. It states that not only must the original binaries and source remain free, but that all modifications must also be released under the same license, and the same terms. I'm very sure this isn't the case.
Thje GPL is not the only open-source license. Here is a list of some... http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html
The Linux Kernel is licensed under GPL V2, which only requires that the source code of modified versions be made available to the program's users, not to the general public (Although if someone acquires a binary by whatever means, they are entitled to a copy of the source). This was modified in GPL V3 to require that the modified source had to be available to the public. Both versions allow the sale of modified versions, provided the source is made available as above.
Antonia herself is licensed under the CC3 license; this is a public domain license rather than an open-source license, and is thus less restrictive...
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