No they are versed -- it isn't just about different types of risk. I know this mailing list isn't a discussion of OSS so I'll end it at that. Thanks for the information about the current license status.
------- http://timheuer.com/blog/ twitter: @timheuer On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 12:40 PM, Nicolas Pitre <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, 12 Sep 2016, Tim Heuer wrote: > > > Thanks Samuel, > > > > I do plan on distributing my program, and so using GPL software then > > requires me to distribute the source to my program as well...which I'm > not > > desiring to do. I'm sure folks may disagree that GPL prevents this, but > > that's why I pay a lawyer to answer that for me...and they have. > > It looks like your lawyer isn't very familiar or experienced with > matters related to the GPL, and therefore gave you the safest answer > they could think of. > > Commercial and/or proprietary software may coexist with GPL software as > long as you follow some rules. To interpret that license properly, your > lawyer must understand the difference between software linking, software > bundling, software distribution, what is derived work and what is not in > a software context, etc. > > This is well explained here: > https://www.softwarefreedom.org/resources/2008/compliance-guide.html > > As to your original question: there is currently no alternative > licensing for BRLTTY other than the GPL and probably never will be. > > However, if you provide more details about the way you intended BRLTTY > to be used along with your own application, then the BRLTTY copyright > holders who are most likely monitoring this mailing list might be able > to tell you if your use of BRLTTY respects the license they chose for > their code, and suggest possible ways to be compliant otherwise, without > forcing you to release your own code. > > > Nicolas >
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