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Re: OT: BeOS
I found this on their site:
http://www-classic.be.com/aboutbe/benewsletter/volume_II/Issue18.html
look on that page for the word GPL .
anywhy, i still can't find the GPL on the New "Personal Edition" BeOS R5.
----- Original Message -----
From: Adi Stav <adi@linuxqa.com>
To: Ereli <buffer1@barak-online.net>
Cc: linux il <linux-il@linux.org.il>
Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2000 8:09 AM
Subject: Re: OT: BeOS
> On Tue, Apr 04, 2000 at 02:13:54AM +0200, Ereli wrote:
> > Hi
> > did any one here tried BeOS 5?
> > I did and i saw it uses many GPLed tools, stuff like bash, and gcc.
> > is any one found the license packed somewhere in the image? if it isn't
there, isn't that a violation of the GPL?
> > can any one comment on this issue?
>
> Really? The GPL has an exception clause that allows it to be linked to
> non-GPL'd software if that non-GPL'd software is an integral part of
> the OS, but that exception does not hold if the OS is distributed
> together with the GPL'd software. So the GPL would require that either
> most of BeOS is GPL'd as well, or that these tools are distributed
> separately from BeOS... I'm curious...
>
>
> > Ereli
>
> - Adi Stav
>
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