Hi,
--- Jonathan Wilson jonwil@tpgi.com.au wrote:
Why not? Its perfectly possible to include a CPL program on the same CD or zip file as a GPL program as long as they dont directly mix code (IANAL but this is what I understand). Linux distributions mix and match code of all different licences and get away with it.
Because we have developed this project like Debian or FreeBSD though we have a "Unspoken Social Contract" GPL incompatible software will not be mixed in the same package or on the same medium as GPL compatible software. I am perfectly happy to have WiX or any other OSS package shipped with ReactOS on a Non-Free CD. It does not mean that I view the CPL as Non-Free, far from it, but in the GPLs current incarnation it has been deamed GPL-incompatible. Maybe the GPL v3 will address these issues and we can even ship WiX in the same package/cd as ReactOS but I still would rather not have ReactOS become dependant on code developed by Microsoft as it may make them rethink the idea of Freeing other packages in the future.
I would rather link, provide downloads to (apart from the main ReactOS package), and ship it on a "extras" CD.
Thanks Steven
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