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Re: Commercial Invocation
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Alexander Terekhov |
Subject: |
Re: Commercial Invocation |
Date: |
Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:55:24 +0100 |
John Hasler wrote:
>
> condigno writes:
> > ...the commercial software does not link statically or dynamically with
> > the GPL code, it just launches the GPL executable. Is that a sufficient
> > barrier between the commercial and GPL side to satisfy the GPL license?
>
> Yes. However, don't forget that you still must comply with the terms under
> which the GPL software was licensed to you.
And be wary about the GPLv4!
http://picasaweb.google.com/suchetha/RichardStallmanSVisitToSriLanka2008/photo#s5157483306146261218
:-)
regards,
alexander.
P.S. See also
http://www.usfca.edu/law/determann/softwarecombinations060403.pdf
--
"Because of their informal and diffuse nature, open source groups are
vulnerable to theft of their intellectual property. That theft, in the
form of copyright infringement, happened in this case, and Jacobsen
sought a preliminary injunction to enjoin Katzer and KAMIND's
infringement."
-- BRIEF OF ROBERT G. JACOBSEN, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, CAFC 2008-100
Re: Commercial Invocation, John Hasler, 2008/01/25
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