In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Nicholas R. Markham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I have a program that I'd like to utilize the GNU Scientific > > Library. Since the GSL is distributed under the GPL (not the LGPL), > > this means I would have to distribute my program under the GPL as > > well. I have no problem with this per se; however, the program in > > question is part of a larger package, which contains other programs > > I don't want to distribute under the GPL. (In fact, since I don't > > personally own the package, I couldn't GPL it even if I wanted to.) > > It all depends on what "part of a larger package means" whether your > program and the package form an aggregation or an inseparable whole. > If they are inseparable, but your program can work without the GSL > even when used as a part in the whole, you probably can just keep the > GSL out and don't distribute a complete combination of everything. Since he said that he's considering distributing the program on its own without the rest of the package, I think it's pretty clear that his program can be used independently of the package. > > > I'm considering some sort of hybrid approach, where the program in > > question is distributed in two ways: on its own, under the GPL; and > > in the package, under a different license. Would something like > > this be legal? It seems to me that it should, since there is no > > single program that uses the GSL but is not distributed under the > > GPL. > > Without further details, this sounds somewhat fishy. I would _not_ > want to rely on this working out. -- Barry Margolin, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Arlington, MA *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me *** _______________________________________________ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
