Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 10:39:51 +0300 From: Andrew <perl@ukrpost.net> To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re[2]: GPL, BSD, Artistic license Message-ID: <16333408538.20020702103951@ukrpost.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0207012225020.13448-100000@pilchuck.reedmedia.net> References: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0207012225020.13448-100000@pilchuck.reedmedia.net>
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Hello Jeremy. Tuesday, July 2, 2002, 8:39:45 AM, you wrote: >> Can anyone explain me some points of GPL. What if I develop >> application that doesn't use any GPL/LGPL libraries. I want to make >> it available under GPL. The software package is fully functional and JCR> Why? Well, since I use hundreds of free packages I want to make my software available for other as well. At the time I don't want someone to steal it. As far as I understand, if the software is GPL'd no one can distribute modifications without notice about my authorship and no one can distribute it non-GPL'd, not providing [modified] sources. I understand that someone can extend my software and compete with me but they will only have success if their software will be better then mine. That's ok, *NIX community only wins from that. You may ask me why not to make it completely free. Well, receiving some money for the software I'll be able to keep working on it, port it to Net/OpenBSD, may be even Linux. Using BSDL for "Lite" package and providing "Pro" package under another license seems to be ok. However in this case some big company with well-known brand can modify my software and their modification will be worse then original. But they'll have more success because of it's brand and striking box. <OT> By the way, I heard on Zdnet that micro$oft uses some code from FreeBSD in their w2k. How did they do that? I've never seen BSD copyright notice in w2k. I thought BSDL applies to modified software even if it's distributed in binary forms. </OT> JCR> If you own the copyright, then you may choose to provide your commercial JCR> software. The main question is if it's ok to provide two packages of the same software, one GPL'd and other on commercial basis. I didn't found that in GPL text. JCR> Back to Andrew: Maybe consider using a short and simple license that is JCR> easy-to-understand and encourages others to want to use and help develop JCR> your code. That seems to be best solution, although I'm not lawyer and can make some bugs in my license. Another (probably stupid) question. Is GPL text copyrighted? Can I take GPL text, change couple lines there and say that this is my own ANDYLICENSE? -- Yours sincerely, Andrew mailto:perl@ukrpost.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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