What was the reason for releasing Lilypond under the GPL rather than the LGPL?
In keeping with Lilypond's philosopy of providing beautiful sheet music
to everyone, I would believe that the LGPL would have been a better choice.
But I'm not here to argue my point; it would be me against the communi
Feifan Zhou writes:
> What was the reason for releasing Lilypond under the GPL rather than
> the LGPL?
Because it is not a library? Have you _read_ the terms of the LGPL?
They don't make much sense for the Lilypond code base and don't actually
offer anything more than the GPL (other than compli
Hi Feifan,
Why don't you make your app free? What is the point of charging money
for anything, especially in the USA where money is taking on a whole new
meaning?
Craig Bakalian
On Fri, 2010-11-26 at 08:05 -0500, lilypond-user-requ...@gnu.org wrote:
> From: Feifan Zhou
> Subject: G
Hello,
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Subject: Re: GPL vs. LGPL
Feifan Zhou writes:
> What was the reason for releasing Lilypond under the GPL rather t
"James Lowe" writes:
> he mentioned iPad and so I assume he is (obliquely) referring to this kind of
> thing:
>
> http://www.fsf.org/news/2010-05-app-store-compliance
>
> (there is another link within that thread that covers GPL not
> compatible with App Store)
>
> I don't pretend to understand
David Kastrup writes:
> "James Lowe" writes:
>
>> he mentioned iPad and so I assume he is (obliquely) referring to this kind
>> of thing:
>>
>> http://www.fsf.org/news/2010-05-app-store-compliance
>>
>> (there is another link within that thread that covers GPL not
>> compatible with App Store)
On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 3:34 PM, craigbakalian
wrote:
> Why don't you make your app free? What is the point of charging money
> for anything, especially in the USA where money is taking on a whole new
> meaning?
Could we please stop mixing up "commercial" and "proprietary"
software? Releasing a
> However, the GPLv3 does not allow me to use Lilypond
> in a commercial application.
>
> So, I'm asking for advice. Considering the license over Lilypond,
> which I have no intention of breaking, what should I do about my conundrum?
> Are there alternatives that produce output of the same
> quali
Why not have a look at www.omet.ca and then send me a note? Sounds like omet
has the beginnings or 'proof-of-concept' of what you are trying to do - the
dojo toolkit has tons of stuff that can be used for this type of app.
-M
On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 6:23 PM, Feifan Zhou wrote:
> What was the rea
On 26/11/10 13:23, Feifan Zhou wrote:
What was the reason for releasing Lilypond under the GPL rather than the LGPL?
In keeping with Lilypond's philosopy of providing beautiful sheet music
to everyone, I would believe that the LGPL would have been a better choice.
But I'm not here to argue my po
On 26 November 2010 16:02, David Kastrup wrote:
>
> Just read http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/us/terms.html>:
It is not that easy (see below).
On 26 November 2010 16:05, Valentin Villenave wrote:
>
> However, as James pointed out, the Apple AppStore® is (deliberately)
> incompatible with the
Xavier Scheuer writes:
> Actually there is —at least one— GPL-licensed software on the App
> Store, and a popular one: VLC Media Player.
>
> There is currently a dispute, one of the primary developers of VLC is
> claiming that "Apple AppStore is infringing VLC media player license".
> VideoLAN as
Feifan Zhou writes:
> The links do raise interesting points; however, VLC is covered by
> GPLv2. I do not feel that I am authorized to make the legal
> distinctions between v2 and v3; could someone more versed in this
> issue enlighten me on the differences as they pertain to this issue?
None.
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