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Paper Tiger, Missing problem!

Paper Tiger, Missing problem!

Posted May 19, 2005 16:00 UTC (Thu) by pdundas (guest, #15203)
Parent article: Open Source: Paper Tiger, Hidden Problems? (TechNewsWorld)

I think they missed out a key step or two!

If the user... downloads... code...
AND INCORPORATES IT IN HIS SOFTWARE
AND RELEASES THE SOFTWARE
then the GPL may require the software to be released under the GPL.

A "clicking to download" is not quite the same as "downloading, then incorporating, then releasing"! You won't lose your code just by DOWNLOADING other GPL code.

--
Paul

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Paper Tiger, Missing problem!

Posted May 19, 2005 16:12 UTC (Thu) by hconnellan (subscriber, #231) [Link]

The important thing to keep telling poeple is that violating copywrite on GPL code does not require you to release your code under GPL. That is one of the possible remedies but no one is ever forced to released code.

Paper Tiger, Missing problem!

Posted May 19, 2005 20:26 UTC (Thu) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]

If the user... downloads... code...
then he's downloading COMMUNISM.

(Parallel? I see no parallel involving ludicrous overenforcement and/or threats therof here.)


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