Thanks for making this clear, and I certainly agree with you. I wish more people understood it. Unfortunately, I don't think Bareos agrees, which is temporarily causing me a bit of grief.
On 05/23/2014 06:01 PM, Alan Brown wrote: > On 23/05/14 16:41, Kern Sibbald wrote: >> Hello Alain, >> >> I am in the final stages of preparing for a vacation beginning early >> tomorrow, so I will get back to you on this next week when I am back. >> Thanks for the references to the German legal cases, I will read them >> all (really). >> >> One thing I will say is: Bareos believes and has requested the court to >> order: >> >> GPL == any modifications or additions *must* be made public. > > This is true under 2 conditions > > 1: You are not the original software author > _and_ > 2: You are distributing the software to third parties. > > Both conditions must be met. > > As the original author you have full freedoms to redistribute under > any license you see fit and it is perfectly legal/normal to have > multiple licensing models, even for the same software. > > EG MySQL (pre-Oracle days) > > GPL for free use > > Normal copyright, no redistribution, custom binaries supplied for paid > support > > > > The original MySQL people are now at mariadb.org and may be able to > assist with your case > > > Copyright law is very powerful, giving an author a lot of control over > his output _and_ over derived works. Stripping attributions and > claiming original authorship is something that steps into criminal > ranges (fraud) when money is involved. > > Anyone seeking to challenge a copyright would need to have very deep > pockets, an in-depth knowledge of the law and a very solid case. > > My feeling is that Bareos fail on all three counts, as a competent > lawyer should have told them to settle the case quickly - assuming > Bareos haven't withheld facts, which would give the lawyer grounds to > withdraw as soon as he became aware of that issue. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs _______________________________________________ Bacula-devel mailing list Bacula-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel
