This statement :
project. "We are not in any way opposed to the commercial use of Free and Open Source Software and there is no legal risk of using GPL licensed software in commercial products.
Is incorrect btw, when you are using GPL'd java packages.. The risk here is that you need to GPL your commercial code if you depend on a java GPL package. Untill the FSF publically states that this is not the case, it is wise to not use GPL'd jars in your commercial software.
A way around this is using "reversed dependency strategy", so instead of you dependending on gpl, let the gpl depend on you, through eg a plugin, although if the software you have written cannot work at all without that dependency (so is core to your software), this strategy makes no sense and you have to make your system GPL or find a different package with better licensing.
Hence the reason why there are so many java packages doing the same, but using different licenses..
Altough I am, because of above reasons , not a big fan of GPL (at least not for tool like libraries), it's a good thing they are actually doing things to let people comply to the license..
Mvgr, Martin
BTW I am not a lawyer and have no intention of ever being one :)
Gregory Woodhouse wrote:
My apologies for any duplication here.
==== Gregory Woodhouse [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Begin forwarded message:
*From: *"Bhaskar, KS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *Date: *April 15, 2005 4:26:24 PM PDT *To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *Subject: [Hardhats-members] The GPL has teeth after all Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://lwn.net/Articles/132143/
One of the topics discussed at the Boston VistA Community Meeting was the enforceability of GPL.
-- Bhaskar
P.S. Ideally, I would like to cross post this to the openhealth list as well, but since my e-mail address changed, I am no longer able to post there and my efforts to resubscribe with my new e-mail address seem to be going into the bit bucket. So, I would appreciate someone forwarding this for me. Thanx muchly.
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