Red Hat's directory server

Red Hat's directory server

Posted Jun 9, 2005 9:52 UTC (Thu) by ringerc (guest, #3071)
In reply to: Red Hat's directory server by fergal
Parent article: Red Hat's directory server

While I can see where you're coming from, I think there are a few other important points there:
(a) GPL with exceptions is still way better than proprietary. It's still free. AFAIK you can also take it and "pure-GPL" it if you feel the need.
(b) The modules don't have to be non-free, and the exception doesn't have to permit non-free modules. It can simply be for modules that, for some reason, must have additional restrictions. A good example is MySQL, which offers exceptions for PHP and (AFAIK) OpenSSL.

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