[olug] VirtualBox?

[Luke -Jr]

Also interesting thing I missed in the COPYING file... Apparently innotek 
interprets the GPL in such a way that you do NOT automatically get the right 
to allow exceptions on redistribution. That is, while innotek makes an 
exception for linking VirtualBox to GPL-incompatible licenses, according to 
them you do not automatically get the right to carry that exception forward 
on your own redistribution of VirtualBox. Without that exception, you would 
be forced to rewrite substantial portions of VirtualBox so as to remove those 
dependencies.

Now, I do realize that the very context I am pulling this from ends with a 
statement that "innotek also allows you to release a modified version which 
carries forward this exception.", and maybe I'm just being paranoid, but 
their authorization to carry forward the exception *is not explicitly 
irrevocable*. Thus, in theory, they could very well decide in the future to 
revoke that exception (or at least the right to redistribute with it) and 
(for the most part) kill any attempted forks.