Fwd: GPLv2 licensing issues

2008-04-10 Thread Matt Rice
doh -- Forwarded message -- From: Matt Rice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 12:35 PM Subject: Re: GPLv2 licensing issues To: Fred Kiefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 12:16 PM, Fred Kiefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am still not sure whether thi

Re: Fwd: GPLv2 licensing issues

2008-04-10 Thread Hubert Chathi
On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:40:34 -0700, "Matt Rice" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 12:16 PM, Fred Kiefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I am still not sure whether this problem actually exists. As far as I >> understand the GPL it only transfers to libraries that are statically >>

Re: Fwd: GPLv2 licensing issues

2008-04-10 Thread Stefan Bidigaray
I think another good FAQ question to look at is: " *Can I release a program under the GPL which I developed using non-free tools?* Which programs you used to edit the source code, or to compile it, or study it, or record it, usually makes no difference for issues concerning the licensing of that

Re: Fwd: GPLv2 licensing issues

2008-04-10 Thread Hubert Chathi
On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:12:17 -0500, "Stefan Bidigaray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > I think another good FAQ question to look at is: " *Can I release a > program under the GPL which I developed using non-free tools?* [...] > However, if you link non-free libraries with the source code, that > wou