> Would there be any way around these issues, if any? Say, obtaining > permission from the author/paying a commercial use fee? If the source is not > modified, does the GPL in fact have any effect in this case?
IANAL, but as I understand it, the GPL is more about distribution than about doing changes. That is, you can change the code all you want as long as you don't distribute it (i.e., run it on the server, not on the client). If you distribute it (e.g., as part of a website or CD ROM project), then you will have to make he changes available. Even unchanged, there are limitations for distribution -- but better look for a credible website that knows it better and can explain it better than I ever could... Concerning the evilness of the corporation, as a rule of thumb, the more evil the company the higher the donation to the authors, or your karma will be burnt and you will spent eternity in a sea of fire. But again, I'm neither a lawyer nor a religious scholar. :) Mark On 9/9/06, Alias™ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I was wondering - say, for example, I wanted to use part of an OS project in > a commercial project (say, DENG, for example), what exactly would the legal > ramifications of this be? Just for the sake of the argument, let's pretend > it's for some hugely evil corporation, e.g. Microsoft, Phillip Morris, etc. > > I know that with stuff released under the Apache licence there is no issue > with this, but what about the GPL/BSD/other? > > Would there be any way around these issues, if any? Say, obtaining > permission from the author/paying a commercial use fee? If the source is not > modified, does the GPL in fact have any effect in this case? > > Just wondering, > Alias > > _______________________________________________ > osflash mailing list > [email protected] > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org > > > _______________________________________________ osflash mailing list [email protected] http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org
