Re: GPL - how does it work
On Thu, 19 Sep 2002 at 08:20, Alex Agerholm opined: AA:I am writing a CGI application/script in Perl which I am going to sell AA:This application uses a few Perl modules (CGI.pm, Session.pm) which is AA:covered by the GPL. AA:How am I going to handle that, when I do not want to release my application AA:under GPL ? AA: AA:In other words how can you use Perl modules under GPL in commercial AA:applications without making your application public ? you should ask a lawyer. perldoc -q 'hide the source' -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: GPL - how does it work
i believe perl itself is released under the GPL? and we have a firewall script that we compile to hide the source and then sell. we have never had any comeback from it. On Thu, Sep 19, 2002 at 07:23:46 -0400, fliptop wrote: On Thu, 19 Sep 2002 at 08:20, Alex Agerholm opined: AA:I am writing a CGI application/script in Perl which I am going to sell AA:This application uses a few Perl modules (CGI.pm, Session.pm) which is AA:covered by the GPL. AA:How am I going to handle that, when I do not want to release my application AA:under GPL ? AA: AA:In other words how can you use Perl modules under GPL in commercial AA:applications without making your application public ? you should ask a lawyer. perldoc -q 'hide the source' -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mat Harris OpenGPG Public Key ID: C37D57D9 [EMAIL PROTECTED]matthewh.genestate.com msg06557/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: GPL - how does it work
On Thu, 19 Sep 2002 at 08:20, Alex Agerholm opined: AA:I am writing a CGI application/script in Perl which I am going to sell AA:This application uses a few Perl modules (CGI.pm, Session.pm) which is AA:covered by the GPL. AA:How am I going to handle that, when I do not want to release my application AA:under GPL ? AA: AA:In other words how can you use Perl modules under GPL in commercial AA:applications without making your application public ? You just make your original portions of code proprietary, and state it in the software. You can have a mixed bag of software, some parts GPL'd and other's not. Just make sure you clearly define what parts are not GPL'd, try to keep them in separate subroutines. It may be a waste of time, because any decent programmer can take some code, and rewrite it to do the same thing, but make it look different. But at least it will give you legal rights if some customer starts posting your code on a website; or if a customer employee confesses to selling copies. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
GPL - how does it work
Hi, I am quite new to Perl and GPL, so I hope that someone can help me or direct me to where I can read about this. I am writing a CGI application/script in Perl which I am going to sell This application uses a few Perl modules (CGI.pm, Session.pm) which is covered by the GPL. How am I going to handle that, when I do not want to release my application under GPL ? In other words how can you use Perl modules under GPL in commercial applications without making your application public ? Thanks in advance Alex -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
