Hi all, Thanks for the replies. Merijn wrote: > If you do borrow creative parts of someone else's work, > you either infringe their copyright or you need to comply > with their license. In case of the GPL, that means your > derivative (if published) has to be GPL as well.
In effect, GPLed software is more inaccessible for study and inspection than shareware? By fear of contamination. Several leading Linux distros have GUI similar to M$ Windows so that the end user feels at home when switching over. What if M$ starts cribbing about that - the world will not get a Desktop Linux. So, that's not fully sensible. IMO, if I've copied the idea from a GPL program, I should release the *idea* under the GPL, because that's what I copied. As far as code is concerned the GPL is pretty clear: copy code only if your work will be GPL. So finally, I state clearly in my License agreement: "So-and-so layout and so-and-so idea is picked from so-and-so project." Anyways, I think I've bothered everyone enough. For all you know, my little program will not cross the 50 copies mark :-) Thanks anyway, Best wishes, J. _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
