Re: Combining GPL and commercial license

2006-08-17 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: [...] > Yes, and he quite clearly stated that their product as a whole was > supposed to have a GPLed component, ergo be a combined work derived > from (among others) the GPLed piece. His product as whole is NOT a derivative work, idiot. http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?st

Re: Combining GPL and commercial license

2006-08-17 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Alexander Terekhov wrote: > > David Kastrup wrote: > [...] > > Yes, and he quite clearly stated that their product as a whole was > > supposed to have a GPLed component, ergo be a combined work derived > > from (among others) the GPLed piece. > > His product as whole is NOT a derivative work, id

Re: Combining GPL and commercial license

2006-08-17 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Marcin Giedz wrote: [...] > problem with this) and commercial (for OUR code - simple to survive ) - > but what about such things like libtiff and xpdf in this situation? Can > we use it? If yes what is an obligation? Compliance with the GPL for GPL'd portions of your product. Ignore infections

Re: Combining GPL and commercial license

2006-08-17 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Forgot one thing... David Kastrup wrote: [...] > > It means that "THIS part comes from and is based on GPL license" > > (which is a derivative work) as a whole must be licensed under the GPL > > and only the GPL. > > Yes, and he quite clearly stated that their product as a whole was > suppo

Re: GPLv3 comedy unfolding -- "An idea to make everyone happy?"

2006-08-17 Thread Alexander Terekhov
-- Comment 1621: An idea to make everyone happy? Regarding the text: No Denying Users' Rights through Technical Measures. In section: gpl3.drm.0.0 Submitted by: Fire on 2006-08-14 at 10:56 EDT 0 agree: noted by Fire on 2006-08-14 at 10:56 EDT: I agree that Tivoization is a danger, but I a

Re: Combining GPL and commercial license

2006-08-17 Thread John Hasler
Marcin Giedz writes: > So what about Safari in this case? What license do they use? Safari is LGPL, as is libgtkhtml2. > We've built application from scratch and this is our code but to present > a tiff file to user we use libtiff library. Read the licenses on the libraries you are linking to.

Re: Combining GPL and commercial license

2006-08-17 Thread Alexander Terekhov
John Hasler wrote: [...] > Read the licenses on the libraries you are linking to. Libtiff4 isn't > under the GPL at all. It is distributed under a BSD-like license. OP mentioned xpdf, uncle Hasler. http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/about.html -- Distribution conditions Xpdf is licensed under t

Re: Combining GPL and commercial license

2006-08-17 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > David Kastrup wrote: > [...] >> Yes, and he quite clearly stated that their product as a whole was >> supposed to have a GPLed component, ergo be a combined work derived >> from (among others) the GPLed piece. > > His product as whole is NOT a deriv

Re: Combining GPL and commercial license

2006-08-17 Thread John Hasler
I wrote: > Safari is LGPL... Parts are closed-source. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI USA ___ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss

Re: GPLv3 comedy unfolding -- Surrender In section: gpl3.libertyordeath.0.0

2006-08-17 Thread Alexander Terekhov
-- Comment 1562: Surrender? Regarding the text: Surrender In section: gpl3.libertyordeath.0.0 Submitted by: franks on 2006-08-02 at 20:51 EDT 1 agree: anjrew noted by franks on 2006-08-02 at 20:51 EDT: Is surrendering of freedom a legal term? A positive, assertive statement may be be

Re: Combining GPL and commercial license

2006-08-17 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: [...] > Cute. Another completely irrelevant quote. Court filings (not even a > judgment) for a completely different setting. Oh really? What your damaged brain perceives as "a completely different setting" is nothing but FSF inspired crackpot theory of A+B resulting in a "

Re: GPLv3 comedy unfolding -- The Joke of Today

2006-08-17 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Well, not quite about the GPL (except that the GNU President declared SUN's CDDL "GPL incompatible" for various reasons and ruled that "a module covered by the GPL and a module covered by the CDDL cannot legally be linked together. We urge you not to use the CDDL for this reason. Also unfortuna

Re: GPLv3 comedy unfolding -- The Honest Public License (GPLv3 "is not based on trust")

2006-08-17 Thread Alexander Terekhov
The essence is this: "I would like to see if we can make HPL the "Greater GPL", because virality is what made open source what it is today. If we relax it, we are toasted." ROFL. http://www.funambol.com/blog/capo/2006/08/honest-public-license.html --- The Honest Public License A few weeks