-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello Eduardo,
Eduardo Alberto Hernández Muñoz wrote: >> So why should OSG derived code be GPL ed? > Because I want to reduce the overhead of maintaining the code. I > already have the GPLv3 for code, Creative Commons for the media, the > SIL font license for fonts, and probably something else will pop it's > head. I don't want to have multiple licenses for the same kind of > data. The OSG license should not cause you any headaches, because it is compatible with GPL. You do not need to treat it in any special way compared to your GPLv3 code. Regarding multiple licenses - you will still have them, due to the OSG dependencies (zlib license, JPEG library license, ...) > Even though my reason to GPL the code is to lower the effort required, > I do want to clear that it is not my desire that my program is used in > closed-source projects unless I'm asked for permission. It cannot be - if your own code is GPLed, then the license does not allow it already and your are covered. And the 3rdparty code that you are not the copyright holder of (OSG) is none of your business, to put it bluntly. If you want to create a derivative work of the 3rdparty code - - e.g. to take a piece of OSG, modify it and release under a different license, you need the right holder's permission, as you have correctly identified yourself. However, a much nicer approach would be to contribute the changes you want to make back to OSG instead of locking them away under GPL. While it is better than making them outright proprietary, it still does not allow use of that library code in many cases - e.g. many universities do not have problems to release code as open source, however they often want their own licenses with various restrictions that may or may not be GPL-compatible (original BSD license is a great example). For example, for me is a GPL-ed library a potential liability of wasting my time, because I could be prevented from distributing my own research code due to the GPL-incompatible opinion of university legal department. Considering the benefit you have from using OSG, I do not think that asking for a bit of payback is so outlandish. Nobody can force you to do this, but please, do consider this option. Regards, Jan -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mandriva - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJ6MGWn11XseNj94gRAhC7AKDp+ncZo05GFPMUkW6jaXsrRietrgCff66T tgQD+Fb5lhvZboeL4jD+GMQ= =P/9I -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ osg-users mailing list osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org
