PanoTools:
Re: copyright violation?
Philipp Frauenfelder 2004-Sep-09 17:11:13
Dear Mathieu
Am Thu, Sep 09, 2004 at 10:12:33AM -0400 hat Mathieu Villegas getippert:
> If you create a software using any GPL'ed code, you have to redistribute
> it with access to the source code under the GPL.
> If you create a software with GPL code inside for your private use, you
> can keep it secret.
> If you use a GPL software from a private software, and you share datas
> between this two software (ex: you use a DLL under GPL or a software you
> launch and manage with a fork and exec and send datas with pipelines),
> you have to redistribute your software under GPL.
> To be able to use libraries or software from a not opensource software,
> you have to use softwares or libraries which are under LGPL licence, for
> example, which allow you to keep your source code secret under certain
> conditions.
> I hope this can be useful.
Same interpretation over here. Plus: not only the copyright
holder of the original work (PanoTools, ie. Helmut Dersch) has
to right to claim distribution of the derived work.
A similar case has been brought to court in Germany and the GPL
won!
http://www.symlink.ch/article.pl?sid=04/07/23/1557219
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/49377
The defeated company published their software.
Regards
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