-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 6/23/10 10:51 , Sean Hodges wrote: > You really need to consult a specialist on this subject, developers > (including me) have a tendency to give out "I am not a lawyer" type > advice, which is inherently unreliable. > > In the strategy you describe, I believe putting A and B in the same > APK means you are distributing both components as a single piece of > software. A person cannot modify and distribute B without either > bundling closed-source A, or modifying the build process (which also > violates the GPL). You would be closer to a solution if you created 2 > separate APK's, as long as A and B are completely independent of each > other. > > The nature of the GPL is that the authors *do not want* their code > distributed in a closed-source solution, and this is exactly why it is > so difficult to find a legal way to do it. If you want to mix > licences; seek legal advice, and/or contact the authors about the > possibility of a dual-licence solution. I agree that binding everything into a single .apk is very likely a GPL violation; in the best case, an expert would be needed to clarify the point. I repeat, the simpler thing is to ask the FSF about, as they are quite open (!) to talk to people.
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