7 Sep
2007
7 Sep
'07
2:08 p.m.
On 07.09-14:01, Chris Johnson wrote: [ ... ]
If this is true and legally correct (and I understand it), then we are lucky the FSF doesn't have the money to sue thousands of cases in court. Because every time a GPL program is compiled and run on a non-GPL operating system, it's going to be breaking this "rule." No GPL software could be run on Mac OS or Windows, if it called the OS or any GUI API.
there is in fact a specific exclusion clause to this effect. but yes, it is a spiral of insanity, people fighting against the precise freedoms they attempt to protect. a lawyer's wet dream.