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Originally Posted by Kabyl
Well, their so called "EFI" is not a Larger Work to begin with..
Is that enough?
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Not really...
It looks like a "larger work" to me, it looks like they not only consolidated a few things,
*maybe* made them easier to use, prettier to look at, etc. added some custom applications. Whatever BS they did, I'm pretty sure it's larger than what they started with.
From:
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/apsl.html
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The FSF now considers the APSL to be a free software license with two major practical problems, reminiscent of the NPL:
* It is not a true copyleft, because it allows linking with other files which may be entirely proprietary.
* It is incompatible with the GPL.
See section 2 of the NPL for the reference above
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/netscape-npl.html
In any case, there is really no sense in us arguing about it. We're not lawyers ( well, at least I'm not ) and this isn't a court. I also don't enjoy pissing off people who contribute to the community.
The only point I was trying to make is that it cracks me up when people release their code to the public under a pretty liberal license then get pissy when someone does something they don't like with it.
Seems very childish to me. Either don't release the code at all, release it under a restrictive license or deal with it.
In the end it doesn't really matter because if someone really wants to steal your code they will. Not much can be done about it in some cases, even if you have a legal department at your disposal.