'David Heremans' wrote about 'Re: .msx: free implementation' - Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at
01:07:45PM CET
> So maybe you should go for the LGPL license.
>
> David
>
> On Friday 26 January 2001 12:54, you wrote:
> > On Friday 26 January 2001 03:10, you wrote:
> > You licensed the source under GPL. This does mean that it can only be used
> > in projects that have a license compatible with GPL. For example fMSX does
> > not comply, because the fMSX-Windows code is not public and the fMSX
> > license doesn't require people to make code of ports public. Are you aware
> > of this?
> >
> > I don't mind, there is sense in "you shouldn't use open source code if
> > you're not willing to open your own source", but it does mean that this
> > implementation cannot be used by all emulator authors without them changing
> > their licenses and opening up their source.
> >
> > Bye,
> > Maarten
> >
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>
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It's perfectly legal IMHO to use a GPLed tool from a different licensed tool
by running it as an external command. (ala execv...)
Joost
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