Virtually Zero-Overhead Object Management is neither free software nor open source software

2007-10-10 Thread J de Boyne Pollard
CT> I am thinking of releasing the version of the allocator I CT> submitted to Sun Microsystems under the GPL license CT> for use in free software only. CT> CT> Humm... I think I will use the following license instead of GPL: CT> CT> http://appcore.home.comcast.net/vzoom/vzoom_personal_licence.pdf

Re: Virtually Zero-Overhead Object Management is neither free software nor open source software

2007-10-10 Thread Chris Thomasson
"J de Boyne Pollard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] CT> I am thinking of releasing the version of the allocator I CT> submitted to Sun Microsystems under the GPL license CT> for use in free software only. CT> CT> Humm... I think I will use the following license instea

Re: Virtually Zero-Overhead Object Management is neither free software nor open source software

2007-10-10 Thread Anthony Williams
"Chris Thomasson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Can I download Hoard, make some changes, post the source code free of > charge, Yes, because it's licensed under the GPL. > and charge a fee for a commercial product that uses a function > offered by the compiled binary of the modified source code

Virtually Zero-Overhead Object Management is neither free software nor open source software

2007-10-10 Thread J de Boyne Pollard
CT> Can I download Hoard, make some changes, post the source CT> code free of charge, ... AW> Yes, because it's licensed under the GPL. CT> ... and charge a fee for a commercial product that uses a CT> function offered by the compiled binary of the modified CT> source code? AW> Not under the GPL

Re: Virtually Zero-Overhead Object Management is neither free software nor open source software

2007-10-10 Thread Anthony Williams
J de Boyne Pollard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > CT> Can I download Hoard, make some changes, post the source > CT> code free of charge, ... > > AW> Yes, because it's licensed under the GPL. > > CT> ... and charge a fee for a commercial product that uses a > CT> function offered by the compiled bi

Re: Virtually Zero-Overhead Object Management is neither free software nor open source software

2007-10-10 Thread Chris Thomasson
"Anthony Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] J de Boyne Pollard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: CT> Can I download Hoard, make some changes, post the source CT> code free of charge, ... AW> Yes, because it's licensed under the GPL. CT> ... and charge a fee for a

Re: Virtually Zero-Overhead Object Management is neither free software nor open source software

2007-10-10 Thread Chris Thomasson
"Chris Thomasson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [...] I was thinking of charging a fee for a commercial product and posting full-source code of all the modified GPL code it uses for free. Would GPL force me to provide the source code for an entire commercial prod

Re: License that converts to GPL after a specified amount of time

2007-10-10 Thread mike3
On Oct 9, 8:18 am, rjack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kenneth P. Turvey wrote: > > I'm looking for examples of software licenses that allow the end user > > to redistribute copies under the GPL after a specified amount of time > > has passed. I think that Ghostscript used to be licensed like this,

Free system that could be "real Unix".

2007-10-10 Thread mike3
Hi. Would it be possible to construct a Free (note the capital "F") operating system that would be capable of meeting all the UNIX standards (POSIX, SUS, etc.) precisely enough to be able to be certified by The Open Group as UNIX(R), ie. "real Unix" (you need certification to even call a system "U

Re: Free system that could be "real Unix".

2007-10-10 Thread John Hasler
mike3 writes: > Would it be possible to construct a Free (note the capital "F") operating > system that would be capable of meeting all the UNIX standards (POSIX, > SUS, etc.) precisely enough to be able to be certified by The Open Group > as UNIX(R)... Any major Linux distribution could qualify,

Re: Virtually Zero-Overhead Object Management is neither free software nor open source software

2007-10-10 Thread Chris Thomasson
"Chris Thomasson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] If GPL forces me to provide the source-code of any software that links to 'libgplmod' then you would have to rely on the following: "J de Boyne Pollard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: GPL question

2007-10-10 Thread John Hasler
Mike Cox writes: > (1) Can I dynamically link my application with free libraries already > present on the target system, even if they're GPL'ed? (specifically, > libbfd, part of binutils, I believe; and gdbm) Not without first consulting a good copyright lawyer experienced in Free Software law.