Yeah, saw that too on the ccxvii homepage. Seems like he wasn't sure under what license to put the code. But usually I take what's written in the source code readme for granted
Btw, here is an interesting related article on GPL v3 (from Slashdot today):
http://www.law.com/jsp/legaltechnolo...=1202421869652
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Under prior versions of the GPL, it was generally accepted that open source and proprietary software could peacefully coexist so long as the proprietary software interacted with open source only through defined interfaces. Under the new version of the GPL, the proprietary characteristics of software that step into the ring with open source software are knocked out, unless the proprietary components are "separate and independent works, which are not by their nature extensions of the [open source] work, and which are not combined with it such as to form a larger program." Losing proprietary rights can be significant because those rights are frequently essential for any company seeking to profit from differentiated high-tech products.
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