On Thu, 2004-06-24 at 12:48, David A. Desrosiers wrote: > > Well, depends on the GPL Licence... SOme developers don't mind having > > their code incorporated in licensed software as long as they got credit > > for it. > > And as long as the licensed software, with the GPL code written by > someone else incorporated into it (if modified and distributed publically, > or sold publically), is made available publically. > > You can't just "add" clauses to the GPL license, as a developer > using that license, if you choose. If you do, you are directly violating > the letter of, and the spirit of that license. If that is your desire, > then write your code under the BSD license, which allows this kind of use > clause. > > The GPL does not. It is very clear on that point.
But if you ask the author very nicely it's remotely possible they'd release the same code under a different licence just for your use (probably not possible with anything with contributed code, but in general fine) -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
