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Re: Commercial Invocation


From: 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


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