Re: [fpc-pascal] [OT] GPL Lisence help

2012-07-30 Thread Mark Morgan Lloyd
Jorge Aldo G. de F. Junior wrote: APIs are not copyrighteable. This was the whole concept around the Google vs Oracle case. No, that was the concept around the current verdict in the case, it could still be overturned by a superior court. APIs are not copyrightable (although they could pot

Re: [fpc-pascal] [OT] GPL Lisence help

2012-07-29 Thread Jorge Aldo G. de F. Junior
The engine is a integral and needed part of a car, yet the engine design and production is not necessarely part of the rest of the car production (In very old times, companies like mercedez built only carriages, benz built engines + chassis, eventually they decided to merge to produce both together

Re: [fpc-pascal] [OT] GPL Lisence help

2012-07-29 Thread Attila Kinali
On Sat, 28 Jul 2012 02:28:43 -0300 "Jorge Aldo G. de F. Junior" wrote: > Think about this : Can you think about the relationship of your > modules versus someone else modules as being intrinsecally the same > relation between linux and proprietary apps that happen to run in > linux ? Because (put

Re: [fpc-pascal] [OT] GPL Lisence help

2012-07-27 Thread Jorge Aldo G. de F. Junior
Do dynamic linked executables really need to not be GPL ? I mean, application subdivision in modules has nothing to not be accepted at courts as a valid concept. Your module/lib is GPL but code linked to it must not be and this is not a violation of GPL. Provided that the code to your module/lib

Re: [fpc-pascal] [OT] GPL Lisence help

2012-07-27 Thread Mark Morgan Lloyd
Dimitrios Chr. Ioannidis wrote: Hi all, first let me express my apologies for the off topic question. I'm having trouble to choose the correct gpl lisence for a new open source project that i'm starting. I want the project to be open source gpl'ed so it can be accepted in distro's like Debi

Re: [fpc-pascal] [OT] GPL Lisence help

2012-07-27 Thread Daniel Gaspary
On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 5:39 PM, Dimitrios Chr. Ioannidis wrote: > Hi all, > > first let me express my apologies for the off topic question. > > I'm having trouble to choose the correct gpl lisence for a new open > source project that i'm starting. I want the project to be open source > gpl'ed

[fpc-pascal] [OT] GPL Lisence help

2012-07-27 Thread Dimitrios Chr. Ioannidis
Hi all, first let me express my apologies for the off topic question. I'm having trouble to choose the correct gpl lisence for a new open source project that i'm starting. I want the project to be open source gpl'ed so it can be accepted in distro's like Debian. But, at the same time, because