joanne... as i recall, and don't quote me as i haven't looked at it for awhile.. but the GPL doesn't speak to what the end user can run on top of the application.... have you actually read the GPL, the LGPL or any of the licenses to see what they actually say? -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of jdow Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 2:38 PM To: For users of Fedora Core releases Subject: Re: FC4 or FC5 From: "Les Mikesell" <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> > On Wed, 2006-06-14 at 13:01 -0400, Sean wrote: > >> > Unless you want/need to combine it with something already under a >> > different license. Then it is not only not free, it can't be shared >> > at all, even with people who already have the other component. >> >> Which is really the main point of the license. It _shouldn't_ be free >> to people who don't want to play along and give back to the process. > > And how does that relate to this situation? Assume you have a > proprietary library that communicates with some particular > device. Perhaps patented technology is involved so there is no > way to legally duplicate the functionality. You do some work > to make a useful GPL program use that library to work with your > device. You'd like to share that work with others who also > have the same device and library. The GPL restricts you from > legally doing so. Heh, how many people on this list are using illegal software so that they can view their DVDs on Linux in the United States? In theory they are violating the GPL as well as US laws. But they don't care, unless I decide I want to develop a software widget that runs on Linux, does not come with source code, and costs money. Again, GPL needs to get cleaned up to face some realities. So does the US Patent and Copyright system. Both are seriously broken. {^_^} Joanne -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
