-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Dear Victor,
glad to head you enjoy Dia. On 11/15/11 18:21, Serrano, Victor wrote: > Good Afternoon, I work for a company and I am interested in using DIA, I've > tested and think it is real good and I'd like to deploy it to several PCs. > However I am concerned with the licensing of the product since it is not > going to be for personal use, I know it is free software but is it ok to use > it on a company environment? In short: Yes, it is entirely ok! If you put the binary on a public server (for download), put the source there as well. Long version: You are right about Dia being free software (GPLv2). And the first effect of free software is that you are allowed to run the program for any purpose, in any environment. The license of Dia does have no implications with regard to the purpose or license of the diagrams you create, modify etc. As long as you just use (install, start etc.) the software or provide links to existing dia download sites (for clients etc.) you do not have any obligations. Things change slightly if you start to 'distribute' Dia itself (the program). Then you might have to provide the source code as well (see section 3 of the GPLv2). And, if you would distribute a modified version of Dia, you would have to provide those modifications as well (under GPLv2). In your case, if you (your company) provides the dia binary to others (clients, public), you have to distribute its source code as well, but as long as its use or even modifications stay 'in house' you don't have to do anything. That being said, if you make changes/improvements, it would be nice to provide them back to this project. Regards, and enjoy Dia, Thimo Langbehn -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEAREKAAYFAk7CyKcACgkQLoHAUMxCwiWAFwCgrBF04DN/9iTMzpShf7EbhZir gCAAoO42YimgN6QBUHea+zqg9kMbDBGp =i6Mq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ dia-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
