POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.unofficial.patches : library finding request : Re: library finding request Server Time
6 Oct 2024 18:44:08 EDT (-0400)
  Re: library finding request  
From: =RAY=
Date: 17 Aug 2002 23:05:02
Message: <web.3d5f0e3d2f91788264908380@news.povray.org>
Christopher James Huff wrote:
>In article <web.3d5e790b2f91788264908380[at]news.povray.org>,
> "=RAY=" <ray### [at] yahoocom> wrote:
>
>> Actually, that isn't that bad.  IIRC POV-Ray could be considered free
>> software under the GPL, as free software is explained in
>> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
>
>No, it isn't. Go read re-read povlegal, specifically the section titled
>"WHY ISN'T POV-RAY OPEN SOURCE?".
>http://www.povray.org/povlegal.html
Read the page again.
It says nothing about derivative works in the definiton of free software.


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