Hi Massimo,
I sent an email to you.
Regards,
Kutlu
On Nov 13, 5:24 pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote:
> web2py is GPL2. The OFFICIAL web2py pre-compiled binaries are
> freeware. You cannot make your own binaries out of web2py.
>
> This means if you build a web2py applications (something that goes in
> a folder under applications) you CAN distribute them under any license
> you want and BINDLE it with the official web2py binary (you have to
> say it in the license you are doing so).
>
> But, you CAN NOT build your own close source app using web2py modules.
> That is a violation of the GPL license. Since I am the copyright
> holder I can override this for specific cases but you need a license.
> Email me privately if this is what you need to do.
>
> Massimo
>
> On Nov 13, 9:14 am, ShoqulKutlu <kursat.ku...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hi Massimo,
>
> > Do you mean when we use a part of web2py then our application will use
> > GPL license. If it is a commercial product then how do we consider
> > closing source although it is using GPL license?
>
> > Regards,
> > Kutlu
>
> > On Nov 13, 4:49 pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote:
>
> > > Sorry no. In my view BSD protects developers (they have to be
> > > mentioned in derivative products, product gets used more, more
> > > developers can use it) while GPL protects users (developers cannot
> > > stop open source development and create a closed source commercial
> > > derivative). web2py is about protecting users. Linux is a successful
> > > OS because it is GPL.
>
> > > On Nov 13, 7:59 am, Douglas Soares de Andrade <dsandr...@gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
>
> > > > Em Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:45:34 -0800 (PST)
> > > > mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> escreveu:
>
> > > > > yes. need latest web2py stable
>
> > > > > from gluon.template import render
> > > > > print render(content='{{for i in range(10)}}{{=a}}{{pass}}',context=
> > > > > {'a':'hello\n'})
>
> > > > > if you want to use the helpers you also need to import them
>
> > > > > from gluon.template import render
> > > > > from gluon.html import *
> > > > > print render(content='{{for i in range(10)}}{{=a}}{{pass}}',context=
> > > > > {'a':DIV('hello')})
>
> > > > > You can use context='..' or stream=open(...) or filename='...', you
> > > > > can also pass a path=... required for lookup in case the tamplate
> > > > > content contains {{include...}} {{extend...}}
>
> > > > > If you do this your code will be bound to be GPL2 because web2py
> > > > > source is GPL2.
>
> > > > Hi Massimo,
>
> > > > Dont you think it could be an issue ? What about if you have someone
> > > > that likes web2py template but needs to create commercial apps ?
>
> > > > Cant we use bsd license or even better, LGPL ?
>
> > > > Im asking this, because PySide (LGPL bindings to Qt4) were created
> > > > (among other things) because of PyQt licensing.- Hide quoted text -
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