2007/12/14, Richard Stallman :

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>     > running non-GPL-covered software?  Not I.  I frequently run OpenSSH,

>     > whose license is not the GNU GPL, and is incompatible with the GPL (if

>     > my memory serves).

>

>     please stop spreading lies (or looking like a fool) by not doing research.

>

>     The license of OpenSSH is here:

>     http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/LICENCE?rev=HEAD

>     According to

>     http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html

>     this is GPL-compatible (modified BSD license or better).

>

> Thanks for correcting me about that point.  I was not sure about it,

> which is why I said "(if my memory serves)" in the text you quoted.

>

> What puzzles me is why you think this mistake was a lie, or that it

> might make me "look like a fool".  People normally don't call someone

> a liar, or a fool, because of a little (and tangential) mistake like

> this.

Richard,

you might have noticed that this discussion is mirrored on a public

mailing list, where a lot of people are grilling you. :-) You should

try very hard to be precise then. And I'm surprised that you don't

know the license of OpenSSH, which you probably use daily. Please stop

this "if my memory serves". It makes you look as either incompetent or

malovelent.
Best

   Martin