-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 6/22/10 13:19 , Tom Gibara wrote: > I am not a lawyer etc. but I think you should be very careful > about trying to circumvent the GPLv3 in this way; its wording is > broad. > > You have several options without attempting this, they include: > finding a revenue model that's compatible with open sourcing your > application, consulting a lawyer first, contacting the author of > the library and explaining the situation.
While I second the point that legal things must be properly understood, I don't agree that this is "trying to circumvent" a license. License explain what can be done and what can't be done, and the original poster is just trying to find a legal way to do that. For instance, MySQL is GPL, but tons of non-FLOSS projects use it, because GPL applies to the concept of "linking" to the code, and doesn't apply to separate process communicating. That's how a non FLOSS application can use MySQL, without "circumventing" the GPL. Thus, the original idea of setting up a inter-process communication makes sense and if it were plain Java on a plain desktop I'd say it's fine (IANAL, of course). I don't know how this can apply to Android. Maybe looking at the FSF FAQs or sending them an email would help. - -- Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici - www.tidalwave.it/people fabrizio.giud...@tidalwave.it -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkwgn50ACgkQeDweFqgUGxdSxQCeMaMJfIIEe4Zu1oQJ2TaAaQ0Z lyAAoJsSKsHyvJr2ze3ENa1GhXD5JByi =WP8Z -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
