Re: Is a socket connection a derived work

2001-12-09 Thread David Johnson
alls (no comments about weird app > design, please). Would it be considered derived if, say less than 25% of > the functionality of the non open source product came from the open source > web server? What if more than 50%? Or is it even a question of percents? The answer to "is a socke

Re: Is a socket connection a derived work

2001-12-09 Thread Chris D. Sloan
On the GPL FAQ, there is a question: If a programming language interpreter is released under the GPL, does that mean programs written to be interpreted by it must be under GPL-compatible licenses? You can see the answer at: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#

Is a socket connection a derived work

2001-12-09 Thread Michael Rice
Forgive me if these questions have been asked and answered and for any naivete enclosed herein (I'm not much of a lawyer). If I were to bundle/distribute a web-like server (that would be deployed with my product's installation) that is licensed under the terms of either the GPL or LGPL with a non-