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: 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: 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 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 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
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: 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
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
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

2006-08-16 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > David Kastrup wrote: > [...] >> > application WITH VERY visible caption "THIS part comes from and >> > is based on GPL license"? >> >> Only if the work as a whole is licensed under the GPL without further > ^ > | > de

Re: Combining GPL and commercial license

2006-08-16 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: [...] > > application WITH VERY visible caption "THIS part comes from and > > is based on GPL license"? > > Only if the work as a whole is licensed under the GPL without further ^ | derivative --+ It means that "THIS part comes from and is

Re: Combining GPL and commercial license

2006-08-16 Thread David Kastrup
Marcin Giedz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello once again, > > <> > > First of all, I've been looking for the most appropriate list for my > problem and found this one. If I'm wrong and this list doesn't cover > problems like I have really sorry and I'll unsubscribe immediately.* > > I've been s

Re: Combining GPL and commercial license

2006-08-16 Thread Marcin Giedz
John Hasler napisaƂ(a): Marcin Giedz writes: I've been searching/googling web sites to find out one question: is it possible to use GPL software/part of code in commercial application WITH VERY visible caption "THIS part comes from and is based on GPL license"? If you are the only

Re: Combining GPL and commercial license

2006-08-16 Thread John Hasler
Marcin Giedz writes: > I've been searching/googling web sites to find out one question: is it > possible to use GPL software/part of code in commercial application WITH > VERY visible caption "THIS part comes from and is based on GPL > license"? If you are the only copyright owner you can dis

Re: Combining GPL and commercial license

2006-08-16 Thread Alexander Terekhov
http://www.usfca.edu/law/determann/softwarecombinations060403.pdf regards, alexander. ___ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss

Re: Combining GPL and commercial license

2006-08-16 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Man oh man, yet another schizophrenic. Merijn de Weerd wrote: [...] > requires you to acknowledge the presence of GPL software, but > also to make available all source code that has been derived > *from* the GPL software, if you distribute your software. "I just _told_ you this wasn't about what

Re: Combining GPL and commercial license

2006-08-16 Thread Merijn de Weerd
On 2006-08-16, Marcin Giedz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been searching/googling web sites to find out one question: is it > possible to use GPL software/part of code in commercial application WITH > VERY visible caption "THIS part comes from and is based on GPL > license"? What exact

Combining GPL and commercial license

2006-08-16 Thread Marcin Giedz
Hello once again, <> First of all, I've been looking for the most appropriate list for my problem and found this one. If I'm wrong and this list doesn't cover problems like I have really sorry and I'll unsubscribe immediately.* I've been searching/googling web sites to find out one question: