In my case, the plugin would never be part of a derivative work. It's only of any use within the Livecode IDE and creates nothing that would become part of an application of any sort. To clarify, it's a replacement for the IDE Application Browser.
Having said all that, I have no idea what that does to my rights and how I need to deal with that in a license agreement. I would like to retain the IP rights in the code but I don't know if that's even possible once it's used in a program that is GPL licensed. Seems like all the open source effort has done for me so far is cause a bunch of licensing headaches! Pete lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 5:48 PM, Dr. Hawkins <doch...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 4:53 PM, Cal Horner <calhor...@xtra.co.nz> wrote: > > "I can use anything that is developed in LC OSS within my commercial LC > > environment. But if there is a password protection on something I have > been > > using for awhile, and wish to continue to use, that plug-in can't be > used in > > a LC OSS development environment." > > > > I can't quite put my finger on it, but it seems something is askew. > > Among other things, the combined program would be a derivative work > of both the OSS work and the plug-in. > > The GPL component requires that the combined work be treated, which > isn't something that can be done with the commercial part, so no > mixing. > > The GPL pretty much can't be combined with anything. "GPL compatible" > means "can be re-licensed under the GPL"; this "compatibility" is a > one-way trip. > > There is a lot of room in the OSS world for a license between the free > BSD/MIT type licenses, and the viral GPL; something that requires > disclosure of source code, but that allows mixed license in the > ultimate program. > -- > Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. > (702) 508-8462 > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
