>>>>> On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 08:35:38 +0200, Kern Sibbald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
Kern> On Saturday 27 August 2005 00:20, Arno Lehmann wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Martin Simmons wrote: >> > E.g. suppose you have written a non-trivial non-GPL data analysis tool >> > with plugins for different input formats. Now if you want to add a >> > plugin for Bacula volumes, but you won't be able to use any of the Bacula >> > volume reading code because it will taint your whole tool with the GPL, >> > even though you are not really make a "derived work" of Bacula (just a >> > small part of it that could have been a library). >> >> I think we're approaching a region where you need a lawyer to come to a >> conclusion. >> >> That is something I've seen before when GPL licensing was discussed. >> Other Open Source licenses will have similar effects, but I don't follow >> these discussions that long, usually. >> >> Now, Martin, I think you might be absolutely right. But, and I guess >> you'd admit that, your example is not very realistic at the moment. >> >> The simple solution in such a case would be to ask Kern to grant a >> license for that purpose, and I think he would. Kern> Yes, of course. I didn't mean to imply otherwise -- this was just an attempt at making a topical example of how the GPL prevents wider use of code. __Martin ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
