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
> >>
> >
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