Thread: The future of your Nokia Windows phone
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wmarone is offline wmarone
2011-03-03 , 02:06
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Originally Posted by exo View Post
That's the same thing. The redistribution restrictions are part of the license, therefore the license is restrictive, just as the OSI quite clearly says. How are you not understanding that?
I did not say the GPL wasn't restrictive. I said that your use of GPL'd code is unrestricted. The GPL only comes into play when you redistribute the work licensed under the GPL, at which point you must accept the restriction or be bound by Copyright. That Copyright law comes into play does change things.

So i can't use it any way i like, i can ONLY use it any way i like internally, because the license restricts it in that way.
Along with copyright law, yes. Since you have no right to distribute it otherwise.

And see my above edit regarding the OSI referring to the GPLv2 as restrictive.
Such a harsh restriction, I know. How terrible. But that's also compared to the average EULA that goes above and beyond copyright in denying your ability to use something.
Last edited by wmarone; 2011-03-03 at 02:14.