POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : This GPL stuff is getting ridiculous : Re: This GPL stuff is getting ridiculous Server Time
23 Dec 2025 02:56:48 EST (-0500)
  Re: This GPL stuff is getting ridiculous  
From: nemesis
Date: 31 Jan 2009 20:50:01
Message: <web.4984fe9c13a704f81e0d4340@news.povray.org>
Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Chambers wrote:
> > On 1/29/2009 11:04 AM, nemesis wrote:
> >> Of couse, for those who don't like the GPL and its measures to assure
> >> sources are always available, forking is an option as is opting for
> >> another compiler under another license.
> >
> > Forking is never an option with GPL without the fork also being GPL'd.
>
> Yes, but you could fork it, remove the parts that force plug-ins to be GPLed
> before they run, and then distribute the new fork under GPL.

That's what I was talking about in context.  However, long discussions like this
are more likely to induce bad phrasings due to mental exhaustion and I
apologize.


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