"Ori Idan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The whole purpose of the GPL is to keep software freedom. I hate > all those who try to bypass the GPL and find a way to write > propriatry software and bypass the GPL.
> I usually avoid working with such companies. Ori, This is your prerogative. I would like to point out that Amos is clearly not trying to bypass GPL and is in fact acting responsibly trying to resolve the issue as soon as it was discovered. They are trying to maintain what they perceive as commercial advantage by perfectly legal means, as far as I can judge. If you are a current client of his company, and if you got their proprietary software that links to libipq, I suppose you can demand that they release their code to you under a GPL-compatible license (Shlomi is right), sue for it, etc. If you are a shareholder, then you may have an issue with the company not exercising due diligence and catching the problem earlier. Amos, I personally appreciate that you (and I hope the decision-makers in your company) are feeling uncomfortable. I don't think you should feel like criminals because you want to keep your code legally proprietary. I think you have asked the right question and that should not make you feel uncomfortable. You real problem is lack of due diligence in the past. (Well, if a customer sues you to release the code then it will be a real problem, too.) I think you need to a) fix the problem as quickly as possible, and b) apply due diligence in the future. -- Oleg Goldshmidt | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.goldshmidt.org ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
