Category Archives: GPL

“They want to force IBM to change its license!”

One of the most common misapprehensions about IBM’s attack on Hercules is that it began because TurboHercules SAS asked IBM to license its software on the Hercules open source emulator. The complaint is that “TurboHercules wants to force IBM to change its license! This is a threat to the GPL!” Uh…no. There’s a crucial difference […]