At 09:32 AM 12/13/2004 -0700, you wrote:
Hi all :
I had a heavy discussion about the 'GPL' ... now English is not my first language neither is legalees... So I need some input from the CLUG'ers
Ditto here, as a matter of fact I am still searching for a first language.
I am not sure if my opinion would be totally aligned with a lawyer, but here is my two cents worth. The whole ideal with open source is that you can change it to suit your needs and may or may not contribute back to the open source movement (they may or may not accept your changes as well). You can certainly make money on open source - for instance, I would hire someone to modify an application that is open source to fit our needs. You can sell me your services in modifying the open source application but you can't ethically charge me for an open source product.
In regards of using open source software, I think it would also be unethical to modify open source software and call it your own without attribution back to the source.
As a creator of software for profit, we are very careful not to use anything in our software that is GPL and open source. My understanding is legally, this make your software open source as well. You can work around this problem by licensing the open source software for no cost or nominal cost. You can certainly use a GPL or open source product to support the functionality of your own -- we do that all the time with Java, Apache, etc.
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