Re: reiser4 non-free?

[Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com>]

Matthew Garrett wrote:

>Hans Reiser wrote:
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>>The License: The Anti-plagiarism license is the Gnu Public License Version 2
>>with the following modification: you may not modify, remove, or obscure any
>>credits in the software unless your modification causes those credits to 
>>remain
>>equally prominent and to retain their wording. You are not required to 
>>display
>>the credits if the computer has no effective display mechanism, or if 
>>you do not
>>distribute the software to others.
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>>
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>Ok, that's a restriction that's not present in the GPL version 2
>(otherwise it wouldn't be necessary). Section 6 of the GPL says:
>
>  6. Each time you redistribute the Program (or any work based on the
>Program), the recipient automatically receives a license from the
>original licensor to copy, distribute or modify the Program subject to
>these terms and conditions.  You may not impose any further
>restrictions on the recipients' exercise of the rights granted herein.
>You are not responsible for enforcing compliance by third parties to
>this License.
>
>Which means that code under the Anti-plagiarism license is not GPL
>compatible, since it imposes further restrictions. This would prevent
>anyone from distributing it with their kernel. In order for it to be
>distributable at all, you'd also need to demonstrate that it isn't a
>derivative work of the Linux kernel.
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The kernel portion is GPL V2, this is the progs license.....