[PD] libraries in Pd-extended 0.43

[Mathieu Bouchard]

On Tue, 14 Dec 2010, John Harrison wrote:

> If it were up to me, we'd keep all of Sevy's stuff in Pd-extended. The 
> licenses Sevy offers conflict with the licenses of much of the software 
> it borrows from (for example EffecTV) so they are invalid anyway.

Invalid licenses are not to be automatically ignored. If you sign a 
contract that contradicts itself, that doesn't allow you to ignore any 
part of that contract. Instead, the contract has to be explicitly amended 
so that it can be respected wholly.

> I don't buy the argument that the Sevy's stuff should be removed out of 
> respect for the author, as this argument conflicts with a more 
> compelling argument of respect for the community, for free software, and 
> for the GPL license.

Sevy's stuff should be removed out of respect for the GPL license.
Do you get this ?

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