OK, thank you! On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 1:42 AM, David Anderson <[email protected]>wrote:
> If you need reliable info on licensing, > this email list is not the place to get it. > Try a licensing-related message board, or better yet ask an IP lawyer. > -- David > > > On 14-Oct-2010 10:29 AM, Alan Sun wrote: > >> 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? >> > _______________________________________________ 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.
