On 10 Feb 2006, at 18:16, L505 wrote:
The GPL only requires that you keep the credits in the sources, not
that you advertise other people's work or products inside your own
program, even if your program somehow uses that functionality.
Imagine otherwise the credits list required for programs like the
GIMP or so if each used library would have to be mentioned along with
a link to some home page. You'd spend more time on maintaining that
list than on actually adding new functionality.
In all my source files I at least like to give a web address so
people can find out
where to find more information, such as essays, articles etc. I've
written about the
source. If my website just so happens to contain some commercial
product on it then
that is too bad,
Why is that too bad? The GPL is not against commercial products, and
does not have any problems with you or anyone else putting URL's in
their source files. It only has a problem with you if you want to
force other people to put your url in their program and/or
documentation.
I think in remobjects case all he was doing was pointing people to
the website just
like how I point people to my website. There are articles on
remobjects on how to use
the software, and useful info. No problem with giving web address
according to human
instinct, but problem with giving it according to GPL.
The GPL does not forbid putting an URL anywhere, it only forbids
forcing other people to put it somewhere.
Hey look at me, we are wasting
all this time discussing whether it is "right" or not,
No, the original discussion was about whether or not a particular
clause was (L)GPL compatible.
I guess you choose which one is more a waste of time. Personally I
think wasting time
discussing a license is in fact more waste of time than just
programming and adding
some URL's to the file.
It is not a waste if you would otherwise unknowingly violate a
license without the correct information.
Jonas
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