Re: [License-discuss] was about Server-Side license but is about copyleft....

2018-11-08 Thread Lawrence Rosen
John Cowan wrote: > Distinguo. Those are not put *into* my application. SQLite is, but > fortunately it's PD/Zero. Please find the word "into" in the OSD. Isn't that where I'd expect to find the outer limits of "copyleft"? /Larry From: John Cowan Sent: Thursday, November 8, 2018 2

Re: [License-discuss] was about Server-Side license but is about copyleft....

2018-11-08 Thread John Cowan
On Thu, Nov 8, 2018 at 5:33 PM Lawrence Rosen wrote: [] Not always, John. Add Linux or MySQL to your application with > complete freedom. Someone is making a whole bunch of random exceptions for > GPLv2 "copyleft" software. I prefer those exceptions to the interpretation > you cited. > Distingu

[License-discuss] was about Server-Side license but is about copyleft....

2018-11-08 Thread Lawrence Rosen
[moving this to license-discuss@] Kyle Mitchell wrote: > If I build a dental records management application with a GPLv2 file format > parser, wouldn't my application be "other software"? But that can't be > right. We must be making a mistake elsewhere. John Cowan responded: > My unde