The point I was trying to make was: even if the gpl based software is critical for your business, doesn't mean it needs to be distributed.
Microsoft office is only one of many business models. Hth, Jochen On Apr 13, 2012 6:25 PM, "Simon Holywell" <[email protected]> wrote: > Jochen and Jonathon, > > This is my primary bug bear with GPL: > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#LinkingWithGPL > > Thanks, > Simon > On Apr 13, 2012 12:29 AM, "Jochen Daum" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> On 13 April 2012 11:07, Simon Holywell <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Also at a higher level. It is GPL licensed which kinda rules out serious >> > commercial use - see copyleft. >> >> not at all, see here: >> >> http://automatem.posterous.com/why-purchasing-open-source-licenced-is-the-ri >> >> In short: The software is either a business asset, then don't >> distribute it, so GPL doesn't take effect. Or it is not, then what >> does it matter. >> >> HTH, Jochen >> >> -- >> NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug >> To post, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, send email to >> [email protected] >> > -- > NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug > To post, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to > [email protected] -- NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected]
