2010/3/16 Peter Ansell <[email protected]>:
> According to the sourceforge project page [1], the engine is released
> into the Public Domain, but you would have to look at the individual
> files for their copyright notices to confirm that there aren't other
> licenses, and check the dependencies to make sure there are no viral
> dependencies, like GPL for instance. Public Domain is definitely not
> viral, but it is open source if people want to extend it and they
> choose to keep the Public Domain or use another open license.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Peter
>
> [1] http://sourceforge.net/projects/dbpedia/

Thanks for your clear answer. One more question, if you use GPLed
software it is needed (virality) that you release your derivative work
under GPL. I am concluding that DBpedia is released *both* on PD and
under GPL. Is that corect?

To be clear: you are free to release your code under the conditions
you like but if you want to make a derivative work from GPLed software
you have to release a "copy" (call it a "version") of your "derivative
work" under GPL. This is true (AFAICT) for CC-SA licenses, also.

Cristian

p.s.: I am sorry to be late with my answer =).

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