| ??? 03/22/06 21:57 Read: times |
#112828 - GPL publishing Responding to: ???'s previous message |
Jez Smith said:
When the GPL says that you 'must' publish modifications to gpl protected code what are the legal steps that they can take to enforce it? there are none as far as i can see it relys entirely on people's willingness to comply I hardly think anyone is going to be taken to court if they dont publish modifications. The GPL says (and I paraphrase) that if you publish a binary which is built from GPL'd code or modified GPL'd code then you must make its source code available too. If you do not publish the binary then you don't have to publish the source. In other words you can do what you like with it for your own personal use. Most GPL libraries are covered by the lesser GPL (LGPL) which allows you to link to them without needing to publish your source. This allows commercial programs to use LGPL libraries. Enforcement is through normal copyright laws. Your published binary is considered a derived work. The GPL has some excellent laywers and people have been successfully taken to court. Ian Ian |
| Topic | Author | Date |
| SDCC GNU GPL | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| No | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| No | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| GPL | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| This is were I have problems | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| GPL publishing | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| PUD EM UP. | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
THANKS | 01/01/70 00:00 |