On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 2:04 AM, Ivan Andrus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Fluid has been updated fixing the largest (in my mind) bug. > Therefore, I have created a version of Sage.app which I am happy > enough with to share with people. I have added instructions on the > wiki at http://wiki.sagemath.org/SageMacApplication and would like to > add a pre-packaged version so that it is very simple for users to > download a working application. > > The problem that I worry about though, is that Fluid is not open > sourced. It creates a Mac OS X application (a directory structure > really) which I modify to fit the needs of sage (e.g. including sage > in the application). Can anyone comment on the legality of > distributing a closed source application (or at least the output of > one) along with a GPL'ed one? Will I run into problems from the GPL > side of things? I recently asked about permission on the Fluid side, > so hopefully that won't be an issue...
William is correct - the copyright on a program does not apply to its output, if that is the question you are asking. At least I've read that is true in the US. (Understanding copyright law, 4th ed,, by Leaffer) I'm not sure about other countries. > > Also what are the possibilities of getting an "official" Mac > application? Either Platypus or Fluid based (or both) would probably > be okay with me, though I think they both need some work before they > are fully satisfactory. > > Comments and suggestions of any kind are more than welcome. As soon > as I am comfortable distributing it, I will package up a version and > put it on the wiki. > > -Ivan > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
