[haiku-development] Re: INPUT / VOTE : --include-gpl-addons
- From: Anoop Kumar Narayanan <anoop.kn@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 05:44:55 +0530
>> This was my originally thinking as well, except for #2, which I didn't
>> totally think through. I personally think that it would be
>> unreasonable to ask commercial software vendors who are writing Haiku
>> apps to recompile a non-GPL version of Haiku just so they can produce
>> an application whose resulting binary will probably be identical
>> either way (yes, i know that's a technicality... but I find this
>> absolutley moronic).
The #warning should in my opinion be included. I was talking with
respect to resellers and redistributers of the OS for other purposes,
which may or may not include sale to general public.
>>
>> If that is going to be an issue, I think I'll switch my opinion to this:
>>
>> 1) Build Haiku with any GPL code disabled that would otherwise cause
>> Haiku libraries which do not contain any GPL code to then become GPL
>>
>> 2) Produce optional packages containing the GPL addons that a user can
>> install manually - or with a future "package manager".
>>
>> As much as I think step 2 becomes a PITA, it even encourages someone
>> to write a non-GPL version of those addons in the future if they so
>> desire (hint hint!)
ha ha ha...
>> On the other hand, perhaps we make two distributions of Haiku
>> avaialble: "Haiku alpha 1 Standard" and "Haiku alpha 1 GPL-E" (E can
>> stand for either "Enhanced" or "Encumbered" depending on your
>> viewpoint ;)
I don't think you got my point, about resellers and redistributers of
the OS for other purposes, which may or may not include sale to
general public. :)
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