Warp wrote:
> 
>   However, we had to be very careful all the time to not to accidentally
> use any GPL code in our project because that would have infringed the
> GPL license. It doesn't matter if you are making software under an
> OSI approved license, you can't use GPL code if you are not making a
> GPL software. With every 3rd-party library we used we had to make very
> sure it was under the LGPL or another similar license. GPL was no good,
> and the culprit was the GPL license itself.

Note the current GPLv3 draft somewhat addresses this problem by making 
it possible to create compatible variants of the license with additional 
restrictions or permissions (see http://gplv3.fsf.org/draft section 7. 
License Compatibility).

Christoph

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