Andrew Crowe wrote: > I'm sure the GPL licence allows you to use the source code to make > proprietary (closed source) or commercial products, as long as you abide by > the terms of the agreement (eg. submitting any changes to that part of the > source code you make to the author etc.)
Whoah there, no, no, no, you couldn't be more wrong. The GPL isn't about Open Source, it's about Free Software, which means that the source (or an offer to provide it) *must* accompany any distribution of GPL'd software. You can't make closed source products out of GPL'd code. You *can* make commercial products from GPL'd code, but you must provide source, and the product must be freely redistributable. See http://www.gnu.org/ > After all MacOS X is based on BSD, which is open source, and OS X is > definatly not free or open source The BSD licence is a different beast. The BSD licenced allows you to make changes and not release the source, or appropriate bits of code you like into your closed source product. They're both "Open Source" licences, but they're different in intent and philosophy. GPL'd stuff can't be closed off, BSD'd stuff can. You don't want the full argument.... -- Illtud Daniel [EMAIL PROTECTED] Uwch Ddadansoddwr Systemau Senior Systems Analyst Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru National Library of Wales Yn siarad drosof fy hun, nid LlGC - Speaking personally, not for NLW --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------
