Rather than in 'manuals' you will find it referenced in the source code more directly. If you are considering commercial use, check the particular open source license (there are several) to see if it is possible to 'go private' or how to use. The GPL most of us think about is GLP2, and it is (very basically and roughly), 'do what you want, give us credit, if you make changes or updates, submit them back to the public via this same license'. - There are other types of licenses that can say 'no commercial use', or 'do what you want - just don't blame us, and the initial source stays free even if you 'privatize' your changes'. ... So check the particular licenses carefully if you have commercial intent. Most allow you to use it but there may be some caveats you agree to tasitly if you use any or all of it. ><> ... Jack Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart... Colossians 3:23 "If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the precipitate" - Henry J. Tillman "Anyone who has never made a mistake, has never tried anything new." - Albert Einstein "You don't manage people; you manage things. You lead people." - Admiral Grace Hopper, USN Life is complex: it has a real part and an imaginary part. - Martin Terma
On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 5:50 AM, Viesturs Lācis <viesturs.la...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello! > > Is there any place in manuals, which explicitly says that LinuxCNC is > released under GPL? > I looked at Getting started guide, User manual and Integrators' > manual. All of them have Legal section, which says that each > particular manual is a document, released under terms of GNU Free > document licence and then several pages of GPL text, but I do not see > any sentence saying that LinuxCNC is released under terms of GPL. It > is said only in http://www.linuxcnc.org/index.php/english/about, so I > was thinking that this should be also in some manual. > > I am asking this, because the plasma table client wants me to provide > whole bunch of paperwork (which I do not see any use for), including > also some paper, which declares that LinuxCNC is released under GPL. I > would prefer printing existing page from manual or whatever. If that > is not available, then I guess I will have to copy the text from the > homepage and add a reference to it. > > -- > Viesturs > > If you can't fix it, you don't own it. > http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. > Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics > Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_feb > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_feb _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
