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Alan,
I completely agree. I went back and re-read the discussion, and realized that I might have misinterpreted an earlier statement by you. (I thought you were claiming he could not distribute a closed-source dynamically loaded module, even if that was all he was distributing).
Jon
On Sep 29, 2004, at 3:12 PM, Alan DeKok wrote:
Jon Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:From section 2 of the GPL (regarding the rights to modify the Program):
"These requirements apply to the modified work as a whole. If identifiable sections of that work are not derived from the Program, and can be reasonably considered independent and separate works in themselves,
Any module used *in* FreeRADIUS cannot be considered to be independent from FreeRADIUS.
That is, the module is *completely* useless unless it's built as part of FreeRADIUS. It's not a separate application, it's not a separate software package, it's intended to be used inside of FreeRADIUS.
So if his module contains no source code from FreeRadius, he can do what he likes with it if he doesn't distribute his module with FreeRadius.
Certainly. But if he's not distributing FreeRADIUS, then the license terms of FreeRADIUS don't apply.
If he is distributing FreeRADIUS, then either:
a) he doesn't include his module, in which case there's no problem.
or
b) he does include his module, in which case the license terms apply.
How does your reading of the license differ?
IF he's distributing FreeRADIUS as part of a VOIP application suite, AND he includes his module, THEN his module MUST be distributed under the terms of the FreeRADIUS license.
IF he's not distributing FeeeRADIUS, THEN he can distribute any software he wants under any license he wants.
Alan DEKok.
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