[ Date Index ] [ Thread Index ] [ <= Previous by date / thread ] [ Next by date / thread => ]
|
Hi all, Here’s a possibly controversial question – What does
the GPL mean to you? Does it mean I can simply take any program released under
the GPL (e.g. AmroK) and shape it to my tastes accordingly using the Source
Code and then (of course) release my copy under the GPL (and possibly send the
patches back to the original author to do with as he/she wishes). Or does it mean if I am writing my own Application and see
something in another GPL’d program I like I can take the code and utilise
the ideas in it for my own application? - Assuming I then release my
application (as I would) under the GPL also does this make me legal, decent,
honest and truthful or does it make me a plagiariser along the lines of MS
Embrace, Extend, and Extinguish? I did post this question (in this way) to the FOSS people
but got a very woolly response of ‘it all depends on the licence’
with no real explanation so I would be grateful for people’s view on
this.
|
-- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html