Kelly Lynn Martin wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Nov 1999 09:50:09 -0600, Stephan Zaniolo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>said:
>
> >I'm >interested in licensing these under the terms of the GPL, but I
> >remember hearing somewhere that Java is not a "free" language and
> >therefore can't be licensed under the GPL.
On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, Stephan Zaniolo wrote:
> I read through the GPL and at the end it says that GPLed programs are not
> allowed to be incorporated into proprietary systems. I was planning on
> publishing an API for this system that others could use in proprietary
> software. (Note: no c
(IANAL)
Excerpts from linuxchix: 11-Nov-99 Re: [techtalk] GPL Questions by
Stephan Zaniolo@mindspri
> I read through the GPL and at the end it says that GPLed
programs are
> not
> allowed to be incorporated into proprietary systems. I was planning on
> publishing an
Kelly Lynn Martin wrote:
>
> On Fri, 12 Nov 1999 02:51:38 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
>
> > 'I warrant that this code was written by me and I'm willing to
> >let other people use it for free so long as they ALSO let other
> >people use it for free'
>
> That's not at all accurate.
>
T
On Thu, 11 Nov 1999 22:25:23 -0600, Stephan Zaniolo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>But I could write a
>proprietary program for GNOME using the GNOME API (assuming there is
>one), right? Or am I missing something?
I think gnome-libs is LGPL, which allows linkage with proprietary
code. However, you
On Thu, 11 Nov 1999 20:00:43 -0600, Stephan Zaniolo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> I read through the GPL and at the end it says that GPLed
>programs are not allowed to be incorporated into proprietary systems.
This is a misstatement, in my opinion.
What you cannot do is license a GPL progra
On Fri, 12 Nov 1999 02:51:38 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> 'I warrant that this code was written by me and I'm willing to
>let other people use it for free so long as they ALSO let other
>people use it for free'
That's not at all accurate.
The GPL says "Here. You can use this. You ca
On Thu, 11 Nov 1999 23:23:18 -0500, Jeff Dike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>>I was planning on publishing an API for this system that others
>>could use in proprietary software. (Note: no code from the system
>>would/ should be used in the proprietary system, just
>>method/function calls)
>Then yo
On Thu, 11 Nov 1999 09:50:09 -0600, Stephan Zaniolo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>I'm >interested in licensing these under the terms of the GPL, but I
>remember hearing somewhere that Java is not a "free" language and
>therefore can't be licensed under the GPL.
As far as I know, there is no legal
At 03:09 AM 11/12/99 +, you wrote:
>Um. How do you simultaneously use function calls to a piece of code and
>not use that code?
I mean no GPLed source code would be embedded in the proprietary code. I
was thinking something similar to the Windows API. (Sorry for the analogy,
but I've
> I was planning on publishing an API for this system that others could
> use in proprietary software. (Note: no code from the system would/
> should be used in the proprietary system, just method/function calls)
Then you release your code under the GPL, and document the API. Anyone else
can i
Stephan Zaniolo wrote:
> I read through the GPL and at the end it says that GPLed programs are not
> allowed to be incorporated into proprietary systems. I was planning on
> publishing an API for this system that others could use in proprietary
> software. (Note: no code from the system
Stephan Zaniolo wrote:
>
> I'm interested in licensing
> these under the terms of the GPL, but I remember hearing somewhere that
> Java is not a "free" language and therefore can't be licensed under the
> GPL. First, why is Java not a "free" language? Can it be licensed under
> the GPL?
The
Cathy and Michelle, thanks for the help on this!!! :^) :^) Hopefully I
won't be pushing my luck with this next set of questions.
I read through the GPL and at the end it says that GPLed programs are not
allowed to be incorporated into proprietary systems. I was planning on
publi
I'm not sure of the legal technicalities either, but this might be a start:
http://www.fsf.org/copyleft/gpl.html
-Original Message-
From: Stephan Zaniolo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, November 11, 1999 10:00 AM
Subjec
>some home-brewed Java 1.1 applets and servlet(s?).
>I'm interested in licensing these under the terms of
>the GPL, but I remember hearing somewhere that Java
>is not a "free" language and therefore can't be
>licensed under the GPL. First, why is Java not a
>"free" language? Can it be licensed
Ok, I'm not sure if this should be asked here or in issues I'm
working on a project that will consist of a database (IBM-DB2), and some
home-brewed Java 1.1 applets and servlet(s?). I'm interested in licensing
these under the terms of the GPL, but I remember hearing somewhere that
Ja
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