Re: [LAD] GPL Violation Alert! - update

2009-08-10 Thread Tom Szilagyi
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Steve Harrisst...@plugin.org.uk wrote: An update. I've been contacted by the company that sells this software, asking for retrospective permission, or something along those lines. I'm not going to grant it - I don't really think I can, the SWH plugins

Re: [LAD] GPL Violation Alert! - update

2009-08-05 Thread Steve Harris
An update. I've been contacted by the company that sells this software, asking for retrospective permission, or something along those lines. I'm not going to grant it - I don't really think I can, the SWH plugins represent the work of far too many people for me to feel comfortable doing

Re: [LAD] GPL Violation Alert! - update

2009-08-05 Thread Frank Barknecht
Hallo, Steve Harris hat gesagt: // Steve Harris wrote: Consensus seems to be that they need to distribute code for the plugins they include, but whether they are allowed to ship the plugins is another question. The crazy thing is that if they shipped their host in one package, and

Re: [LAD] GPL Violation Alert! - update

2009-08-05 Thread Sampo Savolainen
Quoting Steve Harris st...@plugin.org.uk: An update. I've been contacted by the company that sells this software, asking for retrospective permission, or something along those lines. Hi, I wonder if we have received the same email? The email I got did not mention any specific license or

Re: [LAD] GPL Violation Alert! - update

2009-08-05 Thread Steve Harris
On 5 Aug 2009, at 11:49, Sampo Savolainen wrote: Quoting Steve Harris st...@plugin.org.uk: An update. I've been contacted by the company that sells this software, asking for retrospective permission, or something along those lines. Hi, I wonder if we have received the same email? The

Re: [LAD] GPL Violation Alert! - update

2009-08-05 Thread Bob Ham
On Wed, 2009-08-05 at 10:02 +0100, Steve Harris wrote: Consensus seems to be that they need to distribute code for the plugins they include, but whether they are allowed to ship the plugins is another question. The crazy thing is that if they shipped their host in one package, and

Re: [LAD] GPL Violation Alert! - update

2009-08-05 Thread Jack O'Quin
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 5:49 AM, Sampo Savolainenv...@iki.fi wrote: Quoting Steve Harris st...@plugin.org.uk: An update. I've been contacted by the company that sells this software, asking for retrospective permission, or something along those lines. I wonder if we have received the same

Re: [LAD] GPL Violation Alert! - update

2009-08-05 Thread Emanuel Rumpf
2009/8/5 Frank Barknecht f...@footils.org: Quotint the GPL-FAQ. However applied to LADSPA this would mean, that GPL-plug-ins are not allowed in commercial software *at all*, That's been *my* understanding of the GPL too: It just doesn't want GPL'd software to be used by proprietary software in