mike4ty4 writes: > So then you are saying I _can't_ then use the stuff in the _original > parts_ of said combined work in other projects without making those GPL > as well, after releasing the combined work?
No. Distributing your work under the GPL, whether combined with someone else's work or not, has no effect on your right to subsequently distribute your work under any terms you choose. >From the GPL: 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, then this License, and its terms, do not apply to those sections when you distribute them as separate works. But when you distribute the same sections as part of a whole which is a work based on the Program, the distribution of the whole must be on the terms of this License, whose permissions for other licensees extend to the entire whole, and thus to each and every part regardless of who wrote it. Thus, it is not the intent of this section to claim rights or contest your rights to work written entirely by you; rather, the intent is to exercise the right to control the distribution of derivative or collective works based on the Program. Is it that you think the license applies to that abstract thing, the "work"? It doesn't. It applies to those physical copies that you distribute under the terms of the GPL. Other copies can be distributed under other terms without conflict. This is how Troll Tech makes money from Qt. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI USA _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss