On Friday, September 30, 2016 at 5:18:28 PM UTC+3, Ian Lance Taylor wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 1:12 AM, <dja...@gmail.com <javascript:>> wrote: > > Hi, > > May be OT, but: > > > > Can i translate some GPLv2 licensed C code to GO, and publish it under > BSD > > new license ? > > Code comments are from original C code. > > Despite some other replies here, I think you probably can, though you > can't copy the comments. Note that I am not a lawyer. And, that > said, don't do it, and don't do a clean room reimplementation either. > Respect the wishes of the original author, or explicitly ask > permission. The free software community runs on respect for coders. > Don't breach that respect. > > > > Also, Can I in my BSD licensed GO project, link to GPLv2 library ? > > Despite some other replies here, the answer to the question is > definitely yes, as long as you respect the requirements that the two > licenses impose on the fully linked program. People link BSD and > GPLv2 code together all the time. > > Ian >
Thanks all for answers, Ian, can you please explain (briefly) what are requirements that the two licenses impose on the program ? Again thanks. Djadala -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
