OK, Thanks. I’ll reply to him. On Feb 21, 2014, at 11:47 AM, Ivan Vučica <[email protected]> wrote:
> What David said, plus, since the copyright holder for code in GNUstep > repositories is (or should be!) FSF, it's probably best to redirect them to > FSF. > > > On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 3:10 PM, David Chisnall <[email protected]> wrote: > If they are using code under a license that they don't understand, then they > should ask a lawyer... > > My informal (not legal advice) opinion would be that if they are not > distributing GNUstep then they don't have any requirements under the license. > The GPL and LGPL are both distribution licenses - if they are just allowing > people to use it remotely without distributing the code or the resulting > software then there are no requirements to do anything. > > David > > On 21 Feb 2014, at 15:00, Adam Fedor <[email protected]> wrote: > > > This came to the webmaster list. Is anyone in a position to provide an > > answer for them? > > > > Begin forwarded message: > > > >> From: Peter Smith <[email protected]> > >> Subject: gnustep licensing issue > >> Date: February 21, 2014 at 6:27:19 AM MST > >> To: [email protected], Mike Thompson <[email protected]> > >> > >> Dear Madam or Sir, > >> > >> > >> I represent the group of developers, who are in charge of creating a > >> cloud-based product. The soft we intend to develop is considered to be > >> proprietary, and the potential business model based on revenue from > >> end-user per stream. > >> > >> > >> The name of the library we interested in is “gnustep”. > >> > >> > >> In fact, I would like to find out if the business model we are going to > >> use requires any special conditions of licensing; if it does, it would be > >> great to know from you the details. > >> > >> > >> I am looking forward to hear from you asap. > >> > >> > >> Best regards, > >> > >> Peter > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Gnustep-dev mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnustep-dev > > > -- Sent from my brain > > > _______________________________________________ > Gnustep-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnustep-dev > > > > -- > Ivan Vučica > [email protected]
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