That's covered in the GPL FAQ. 1. Goto http://www.google.com/ 2. type in the search field: gpl faq 3. press the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button
Rui On Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 04:31:50PM +0300, Keith Willis wrote: > > Hi, > > I am in the process of putting together a source code package for a > library we use. The source code consists of a number of different > modules which are all labelled in one of the following ways: > > 1. Code written by me which I have labelled as being under the GPL. > > 2. Code written by Alice and modified by me which is labelled by Alice > as being under the GPL. > > 3. Code written by Bob and modified by me which is labelled by Bob as > being Public Domain. > > 4. Code written by Carol and modified by me which is labelled as > "Licence is also granted to make and use derivative works provided that > such works are identified as 'derived works from the RSA Data Security > (Oops, I mean Carol!), Inc BARF-Jiggle Algorithm' in all material > mentioning or referencing the derived work." > > I guess my question is am I in some way 'diluting' the GPL status of my > own code and mods to other GPLd code by including PD and 'free but > proprietary' code in my library package? > > I _think_ that in case 3, I can put a GPL notice on the code, stating > that my modified version of this code is henceforth subject to the GPL, > and that the original code was in the public domain and can obtained > from Bob's web-wite. > > I have no idea about case 4. > > Oh, and if there's an FAQ about GPL issues such as this, I'd appreciate > a pointer in the right direction. > > Thanks. > > > > _______________________________________________ > gnu-misc-discuss mailing list > gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss -- Fnord. Today is Setting Orange, the 71st day of Bureaucracy in the YOLD 3173 + No matter how much you do, you never do enough -- unknown + Whatever you do will be insignificant, | but it is very important that you do it -- Gandhi + So let's do it...? _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss