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Re: Is it possible to write GPL-Modules for closed-source Software?
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David Kastrup |
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Re: Is it possible to write GPL-Modules for closed-source Software? |
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Wed, 02 Aug 2006 20:08:19 +0200 |
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Alexander Terekhov <terekhov@web.de> writes:
> Stephan Kuhagen wrote:
> [...]
>> More important than that is, that at least some of my modules will
>> use other GPLed Libraries and Programs, so those modules have to be
>> GPL anyway.
>
> Linking is irrelevant. If your modules are not derivative works of
> "GPLed Libraries and Programs" (seek the advice of your own legal
> counsel re AFC test), then I suggest that you simply go ahead with
> the CPL or EPL;
Uh, you forgot that he liked the GPL and its provisions.
> if somebody dares to come after you claiming GPL violation (in court
> of law, not those empty threats and "opinions" the FSF is so fond
> of), you'll have a good chance to put the entire GPL code base into
> quasi public domain.
A chance that the legal departments of Microsoft, IBM and a few other
large players with deep pockets have happily passed on, and a
three-digit number of parties addressed by the GPL-violations project
alone did, too.
As usual, Alexander's advice is fit for lunatics.
--
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
- Is it possible to write GPL-Modules for closed-source Software?, Stephan Kuhagen, 2006/08/02
- Re: Is it possible to write GPL-Modules for closed-source Software?, Alexander Terekhov, 2006/08/02
- Re: Is it possible to write GPL-Modules for closed-source Software?, Stephan Kuhagen, 2006/08/02
- Re: Is it possible to write GPL-Modules for closed-source Software?, Alexander Terekhov, 2006/08/02
- Re: Is it possible to write GPL-Modules for closed-source Software?,
David Kastrup <=
- Re: Is it possible to write GPL-Modules for closed-source Software?, Alexander Terekhov, 2006/08/02
- Re: Is it possible to write GPL-Modules for closed-source Software?, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2006/08/02
- Re: Is it possible to write GPL-Modules for closed-source Software?, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2006/08/02
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- Re: Is it possible to write GPL-Modules for closed-source Software?, Alexander Terekhov, 2006/08/02
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- Re: Is it possible to write GPL-Modules for closed-source Software?, Stephan Kuhagen, 2006/08/02
- Re: Is it possible to write GPL-Modules for closed-source Software?, Stephan Kuhagen, 2006/08/02
- Re: Is it possible to write GPL-Modules for closed-source Software?, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2006/08/02
- Re: Is it possible to write GPL-Modules for closed-source Software?, Alexander Terekhov, 2006/08/02
- Re: Is it possible to write GPL-Modules for closed-source Software?, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2006/08/02
- Re: Is it possible to write GPL-Modules for closed-source Software?, Stephan Kuhagen, 2006/08/02