2009/4/14 Michael Crawford :
> There are actually four licenses to consider. Each is different from
> the others in significant ways; it would be a terrible mistake to
> choose any of them without fully understanding the consequences of
> one's choice:
>
> GPL2 only
> GPL2 or any later version
> G
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 9:53 AM, wrote:
> Sorry, I was trying to read GPL3, but my English is not good enough to
> figure this out by myself.
English is my Mother Tongue, and I've been a software engineer for
many years. In my work I have often encountered issues of copyright,
licensing and der
Hello,
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 8:12 PM, Didier Raboud wrote:
dominik.smat...@gmail.com wrote:
Dear legal gurus,
is it possible to publish software under GPL3, if this software is
depending on some GPL2 libraries?
Sorry, I was trying to read GPL3, but my English is not good enough to
figure
Hello,
2009/4/14 Josselin Mouette :
Le mardi 14 avril 2009 à 18:53 +0200, dominik.smat...@gmail.com a
écrit :
Dear legal gurus,
is it possible to publish software under GPL3, if this software is
depending on some GPL2 libraries?
Sorry, I was trying to read GPL3, but my English is not good en
dominik.smat...@gmail.com wrote:
> Dear legal gurus,
>
> is it possible to publish software under GPL3, if this software is
> depending on some GPL2 libraries?
>
> Sorry, I was trying to read GPL3, but my English is not good enough to
> figure this out by myself.
>
> Thank you for help.
>
> R
Le mardi 14 avril 2009 à 18:53 +0200, dominik.smat...@gmail.com a
écrit :
> Dear legal gurus,
>
> is it possible to publish software under GPL3, if this software is
> depending on some GPL2 libraries?
>
> Sorry, I was trying to read GPL3, but my English is not good enough to
> figure this out by
Dear legal gurus,
is it possible to publish software under GPL3, if this software is depending
on some GPL2 libraries?
Sorry, I was trying to read GPL3, but my English is not good enough to figure
this out by myself.
Thank you for help.
Regards
Dominik Smatana
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Marco d'Itri wrote:
> While explicit licensing terms in every source file are a good idea,
> I think that Debian has always considered acceptable distributing a
> copy of the license along with the code.
>
That's how we've handled this so far.
Ben, Marco... thanks for discussing this!
To draw
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>This is a very common situation. Most people crating works of
>authorship find copyright to be a huge hassle to even think about
>(because it is). Those who do think about it will usually take
>whatever appears to be the path of least resistance -- such as tossing
>in a L
Tobi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> What about the GPL3 vs. GPL2 issue? If the main program is GPL3 and
> the plug-ins are "GPL2 or any later", does this match? I think it
> doesn't.
Sure it does; that's the intent of the "or any later version"
clause. As you describe it, all the works have been l
Ben Finney wrote:
> Yes. Without explicit grant from the copyright holder to the recipient
> of a particular work, the default situation is "all rights reserved
> (to the copyright holder)".
>
Ok. So the only way to settle this issue will be to contact all upstream
authors and ask them to inclu
Tobi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> There is no line saying "This program is GPL2 " or something
> similar. Is this what you are referring to as "grant of license"?
That's what I mean, yes.
> Does this mean, that all these plug-ins don't have a valid GPL
> license at all?
Yes. Without explicit g
Ben Finney wrote:
> What does the wording of the grant of license say?
There is no explicit grant of license. The problem is, that most of the
plug-ins are created out of a template from the VDR upstream sources.
And this template only contains:
"See the file COPYING for license information." in
Tobi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Here comes the first question. If only the full GPL2 license text is
> referenced, does this mean, that the plug-in is licensed "GPL2-only"
> or "GPL2 or any later"?
What does the wording of the grant of license say? The text of the
license has no effect except
Hello!
We (The Debian VDR Packaging Team [1]) are currently discussing some
license issues with the VDR plug-in packages.
The Linux Video Disc Recorder (VDR) program itself is currently licensed
with "either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
version". Most of the plug-ins f
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