Hi John, Well, The GPL restricts the software to open source and free for itself. For example, if a software is under the GPL license, I cannot sell itself; or I can sell it, but I have to tell my customers that they can get it free in other ways, and I have to open the software source code.
But if a software is under the LGPL, then I can use it in a commercial software product, and sell this product. For example, the BOINC is under the LGPL, and I did some customization on it to get the commercial product "CNIOB", and then, I can sell the CNIOB, and don't need to open the source code of my modifications. Am I right on this? On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 12:52 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I believe that both GPL and LGPL disallow any charge for the software in > excess of the cost of the media and distribution, but you may charge for > ancillary services such as support. > > jm7 > > > > David Anderson > <[email protected] > ey.edu> To > Sent by: <[email protected]> > <boinc_dev-bounce cc > [email protected] > u> Subject > Re: [boinc_dev] Two questions, one > about the BOINC license, the other > 10/14/2010 11:50 is related to the technique. > AM > > > > > > > > > > BOINC is distributed under the LGPL license. LGPL != GPL. > Neither license prohibits selling anything AFAIK. > > > On 14-Oct-2010 7:13 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > Question 1: The GPL states that if you redistribute the executable, you > > have to redistribute the source. So, if you are using it for your own > use, > > or internally within one company, you do not have to share the source. > > However, if you give it to anyone (and you are not allowed to sell it) > you > > will have to supply the source as well. NOTE, that since I am not an > > employee of UCB, this is merely an informed opinion, not a reflection of > > how they see the world. > _______________________________________________ > boinc_dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev > To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and > (near bottom of page) enter your email address. > > > > _______________________________________________ > boinc_dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev > To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and > (near bottom of page) enter your email address. > _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.
