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Re: General Public License for DTD and Schema

• To: "Dare Obasanjo" <dareo@m...>,<xml-dev@l...>
• Subject: Re: General Public License for DTD and Schema
• From: "Winchel 'Todd' Vincent III" <winchel@m...>
• Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 11:46:02 -0500
• References: <B885BEDCB3664E4AB1C72F1D85CB29F8040EF7D1@R...>

> Does your license have anything to do with the GNU General public
License[0] or is it unrelated and thus potentially extremely confusing to
users?
>
> [0] http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html

The GNU GPL is a specific license.  I consider the term "GPL" to refer to
many licenses that can logically be categorized as a particular type.   For
example, there are a number of GPLs, each similar, but slightly different,
located at http://www.opensource.org.  By contrast, there are a many
different software End User License Agreements ("EULAs").   The Microsoft
EULA for Windows XP is a specific license.  "EULA" is a category for
licenses of this type.

The GNU GPL is tailored for open source software.  The license I just posted
is similar to the GNU GPL in that both fit into the GPL category, but the
license just posted is tailored specifically for schema.

Todd

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