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

On Sun, 09 Apr 2006 19:35:55 +0100, Alex Bligh wrote:
> 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.

Right. Reference for those who are interested:
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLIncompatibleLibs

The only thing to keep in mind is that XaraLX must not use any GPLed
3rd-party libraries. Contributors borrowing code from other GPL projects
shouldn't be an issue (the Contributor Agreement would catch that).

Roger