On Mon, 2002-12-30 at 01:01, Ira Abramov wrote: > > > > The question to be answered is whether or not the closed programs is a > > derivative of the GPLed one. The GPL states that a program that is > > linked against a GPLed program is considered a derivative program, so > > according to the GPL you only get legal rights to use the GPLed program > > if you offer the previously closed source program under the GPL license > > when you distribute it. > > not at all. that's why I said - the source is not touched and the > binaries are delivered in a separate (original?) JAR file. to explain - > I'm looking into running the Jcraft "WeirdX" Xserver applet as a pane > inside a Java application rather than embedded in a webpage.
The question whether or not the the source of the binary distributuion have been fundeled with is not relevant. If your closed source software is *linked* with code from the GPL software, whether in build or run time (and I have no idea if this is the case) you only get the legal right to *distribute* the GPLed program (and since the GPLed program is a copyrighted work you have no right to distribute it unless you have gotten this right from the copyright holder) if your own program is offered with full source under the terms of the GNU GPL. > > so... is that legal or not...? > Consult a lawyer. Haim Ravia, which you already know, specializes in the field. http://www.law.co.il for the contact info. Gilad. -- Gilad Ben-Yossef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://benyossef.com "Geeks rock bands cool name #8192: RAID against the machine" ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
