Re: LGPL vs. GPL

2008-08-02 Thread David Kastrup
JohnF <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, 1 Aug 2008, Ciaran O'Riordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> JohnF <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > > One thing that's for sure is that he'll have to distribute >> > > MimeTex's source with the binary (or an offer to send people >> > > the source on reques

Re: softwarecombinations paper again Re: LGPL vs. GPL

2008-08-02 Thread Hyman Rosen
Tim Smith wrote: What does the success of Linux have to do with whether using different pieces of software in combination in various ways involves the derivative work preparation right? There's not much precedent for this question for software, as far as I know, so if someone demonstrates to a

Re: LGPL vs. GPL

2008-08-02 Thread JohnF
On Fri, 1 Aug 2008, Ciaran O'Riordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > JohnF <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > One thing that's for sure is that he'll have to distribute > > > MimeTex's source with the binary (or an offer to send people > > > the source on request). > > > > I'd thought a link to its ho

Re: LGPL vs. GPL

2008-08-02 Thread John Forkosh
On Fri, 1 Aug 2008, Ciaran O'Riordan wrote: John Forkosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: One thing that's for sure is that he'll have to distribute MimeTex's source with the binary (or an offer to send people the source on request). I'd thought a link to its homepage (where the source can be downl

Re: softwarecombinations paper again Re: LGPL vs. GPL

2008-08-02 Thread Tim Smith
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Hyman Rosen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tim Smith wrote: > > What does the success of Linux have to do with whether using different > > pieces of software in combination in various ways involves the > > derivative work preparation right? > > There's not much pre