Steffen Heil said: > Hi > >> As stated by the GPL, you should provide source code for a GPL >> executable > or library. >> Could you provide me source code for the database please ? > > Hey, come on, this is getting a sensless discussion. > If you do not agree with the licence holders position, don't use it. It is > theirs. > Using others information without permission is illegal. > The database is it's own source code, so you have it. > Just as with scripts. There, the executable IS the source code. >
I think the question of availablity of database source is legitimate given the context of this entire discussion. The position of the database being GPL without source is not logical. It is either GPL, with source, or it is something else. The database is not a script. It is a binary compilation. Since a portion of the product itself is not compliant, it appears to me that the GPL is not the correct license. Why should anyone else pay attention if the complainant violates his own contract in the same manner. As has already been mentioned, there are several commercial products using the database without attribution and without distributed source. Perhaps the community needs to come up with a license more in line with the intentions of the developers in order to properly protect their hard work. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: YOU BE THE JUDGE. Be one of 170 Project Admins to receive an Apple iPod Mini FREE for your judgement on who ports your project to Linux PPC the best. Sponsored by IBM. Deadline: Sept. 24. Go here: http://sf.net/ppc_contest.php _______________________________________________ Clamav-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clamav-users
