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Re: [XaraXtreme-dev] xaralx is in debian (sort of)

Em Dom 09 Abr 2006 15:35, Alex Bligh escreveu:
> Joachim,
>
> > today, xaralx was accepted into the Debian archive.
>
> Great news.
>
> > Also, I just notice, if xaralx is GPL, and CDraw is not, isn't that an
> > illegal combination that would prohibit distribution? Not that it would
> > matter as soon as CDraw is freed...
>
> I don't think so. Under the GPL you are allowed to give *additional*
> rights to a licensee (but not restrict the rights in the GPL). See
> the section marked "ADDITIONAL RIGHTS" in the file "LICENSE" which
> explicitly allows linking with CDraw.

If it's inside the xara tarball, then you can't call this tarball GPL as far 
as I know.