On Wednesday 05 August 2009 21:05:41 drew Roberts wrote: > On Tuesday 28 July 2009 22:38:18 lase...@gmail.com wrote: > > Whether he wanted to or not, use of GPL code makes it GPL code. > > I don't think this is correct. It would only mean that if he were not to > GPL the code he would be in violation of the original author's copyrights > (this is a generic he here and I am not speaking to this particular case as > I have not followed this closely enough.) If he did not want to GPL his own > code, he could stop distribution, work out another license with the > original author or any number of other things surely. He would still have > the already existing copyright violations to face should the original > author choose to persue them though.
This was all in the context of distribution. Perhaps this was not clear. > > I think you > > are thinking too much in the vain of convention copyrights. The code is > > automatically GPL by way of use of other GPL code. It no longer is some > > independent proprietary code solely belonging to the original copyright > > holder once mixed together. > > If I get the time, I seem to remember some FSF pages that disagree with > this and point rather to the thoughts I posted above but I am snowed under > at the moment. Again, this was about some app that was already distributed. Raymond _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-dev mailing list Linux-audio-dev@lists.linuxaudio.org http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-dev
