On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 11:48:45AM +0300, Okalany Daniel wrote: > So if I download software licenced under the GNU Lesser GPL, can i: > - Change it, and not open source the changes >
No. > - Distribute/Sell the changed software without releasing the source code > (Credits stay in the source code) > No. > - At which point do I fully own the changed software, e.g after modifying > 60% of the source code/never > 100%. > > > If I can't do the above, which licences would allow me to do so? > MIT and BSD are the main ones. The LGPL is normally used for libraries such as the GNU C library. It means you can write programs in C on Linux using Glibc and you can keep the source code closed. But if you make changes to Glibc then you have to share the changes when you distribute the changes. The question of copyright ownership is different from licensing. If you write 10 lines and your friend writes 90 lines then he owns his 90 lines and you own your 10 lines. Unless you are working for a company then it pretty much means they own your 10 lines. Copyright law is actually pretty complicated. Too complicated for this email. :) regards, dan carpenter _______________________________________________ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any way.
