ask a lawyer. if you get taken to court "but some guy on some mailing list said it was ok" is not a great defence.
all: can we please not turn this thread into a million and one personal interpretations of the situation. unless you are qualified to give a legal advice, you are just creating list fluff and wasting bandwidth. -pete -----Original Message----- From: Kirk Bowe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 11:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Commercial use of mod_perl / modules I've been asked an interesting (though apologies if this is a heated or irelevant topic) question: what's the legality of using mod_perl (and indeed Apache), and the available modules, in a non-GPL commercial application for which there is a charge? I can't think of any modules off hand that are GPLd (most of the ones I've come across tend to say "this is freeware, you're free to use it as you wish so long as you preserve my copyright message", etc.). As far as I can see, therefore, it is fine to use Apache and most of the perl modules (if they're not GPLd), as supporting tools, in a commercial project without paying for, or infringing, any authors's rights. So long, I guess, as you make it clear that there is no charge for Apache or any of the associated perl modules that you use in that project, and produce a list of all the individual authors' copyright notices. Sorry -- don't want to turn this into a long thread about commercialism versus "freedom" -- just wondering if there is a clear stance on the issue. Cheers Kirk.
