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From: mike@tuvie (Inst.f.Techn.Informatik)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl,comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: Why perl can't ship as HP/Apollo base software
Message-ID: <1678@tuvie>
Date: 13 Jul 90 12:03:22 GMT
References: <4b8c2cb1.20b6d@apollo.HP.COM>
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Organization: Technical University of Vienna, AUSTRIA
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In article <4b8c2cb1.20b6d@apollo.HP.COM>, carlton@apollo.HP.COM (Carlton B. Hommel) writes:
> I've spent several hours over the past few weeks, trying to get perl included as
> part of the next base software release.  It won't happen, for the following
> reasons.
> 
> 1.  The GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
>     Our legal department has explicitly told R&D that they are not allowed to do
>     anything with any program that got anywhere near this document.  While I don't
>     want to start a flame war about GNU, our lawyers feel it is too full of holes,
>     and is just an court challenge waiting to happen.  This is not a reflection on
>     Larry; I discussed potential ways around it with him.  Heck, we aren't even
>     allowed to use GNU utilities (gcc, bison, ...) to produce binaries for product
>     shipment.
> 
I think the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE does *NOT* prohibit HP/Apollo from 
distributing perl with DOMAIN/OS. Quite on the contrary, the FSF explicitly say
that companies should ship this stuff with their software. Of course, 
WITHOUT BILLING THE CUSTOMERS. 
I think I remember having read somewhere that OSF want to make GNU cc their
`official' compiler? How will HP/Apollo follow this if the lawyers hate 
the GNU License? 

				bye,
					mike
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