Arnulf Christl ha scritto:
> I suggest to not use the term "viral effect" but rather call it a
> "vaccine".
or "inherited", possibly more appropriate: you cannot get infected by free
software,
but if you derive from it, i.e. you share a common ancestor, you also get some
of its
properties (i.e.
[...]
> HI Ravi,
> There is a nice term describing how GPL works - "viral effect". If you
> "touch" GPL you will be GPeLd to GPL yourself.
> Unlike the flue ... there is not cure (-;
>
> Best regards:
> RAf
I suggest to not use the term "viral effect" but rather call it a
"vaccine".
"Viral effec
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From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org]
On Behalf Of Andrew Ross
Sent: 08 November 2009 16:50
To: OSGeo Discussions
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discus
Hi All,
Adding to this discussion, there are a spectrum of open source licenses
measured in terms of what they allow to derivative works. At one end of the
spectrum, the GPL stipulates that if you base your software on a component
that is licensed with the GPL license *and* distribute it, that der
Le samedi 07 novembre 2009, Ravi a écrit :
> How come ESRI uses GDAL too, does open source support closed source too.
Hi,
It depends the OS Licence. GDAL licence is BSD-Like [1].
Some other are usinng GPL-LIKe licence. This kind of licence does not allow
closed source to user open source licen
Ravi wrote:
> ARC-GIS 9.2 uses GDAL
>
> Need some pointers to Licensing or agreement there on. I am
> frequently asked questions on this. Example: ILWIS uses GDAL and
> became OpenGIS How come ESRI uses GDAL too, does open source support
> closed source too..
You need to learn about the basic lic
ARC-GIS 9.2 uses GDAL
Need some pointers to Licensing or agreement there on.
I am frequently asked questions on this.
Example: ILWIS uses GDAL and became OpenGIS
How come ESRI uses GDAL too, does open source support closed source too..
Ravi Kumar
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