[ros-general] Mail to the FSF

[theUser BL]

Hi!

I have now send the following mail to the FSF (gnu(a)gnu.org) with the subject 
"legality of using closed-source programs with completly GPLd ReactOS".

Greatings
theuserbl

Here the mail:

>  Hi!
>
> There existing a project, which want to rewrite MS-Windows NT, which is 
> called ReactOS.
> You can see the home of the project at http://www.reactos.com/
>
> The idea is, to have an OS, which can run all MS-Windows NT programs, which 
> can make use of > all the drivers, which exists for WinNT and so on.
>
> But the problem is, that the complete OS is under the GPL.
>
> The people behind the ReactOS-project don't see a problem in using 
> closed-source
> programs/libraries/drivers on top of their OS.
>
> But what do _you_ think about it?
>
> I have now mentioned the problem ob their mailingliste at
> http://reactos.com:8080/archives/public/ros-general/2004-February/000736.ht…
>
> But I think, it would be nice, to here a comment of licensing-competent 
> people. So, what do _you_ > think about this?
>
> Greatings
> theuserbl 
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