Hello, Am 21.02.19 um 19:21 schrieb Vahid Bashiri via dia-list: > Hi > I'd like to use the specific xml format of Dia in my application to > store diagrams. Because of the non GNU code I am using, I decided to > write my own code similar to Dia which is greatly inspired by it (but > not copied). My question is if I use the xml format, will I have a > licencing problem. Is the file format licenced GNU too or I can use it > in proprietary application?
what you are asking is, as far as I see a legal question, which I am not qualified enough to answer. But I doubt very much this could be a problem. However, leaving apart the legal question, this is also a moral question: i.e. will the "Dia community" let me use Dia's XML format in a proprietary product? I interpret that as a question of whether you can write an application that will be interoperable with Dia, which I think should not be met by any resistance from the Dia community: it's good to be interoprable, to be able to exchange data, with 3rd party software. *t _______________________________________________ dia-list mailing list dia-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
