Mike I thought you said you weren't a lawyer? :) On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 11:11 AM, Michael Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You are distributing the code to yourself. Make sure you distribute the > source code to yourself to be in compliance with GPL. ;-) > > Mike > > On Nov 5, 2008, at 10:59 AM, Dominik Szczerba wrote: > >> Actually that was never clear to me in GPL in general. If I develop >> something for in-house use only then there is nobody to give my code to. But >> the code is potentially employed for commercial purposes (including >> generation of income) so it IS being used as a commercial tool, only not >> distributed. >> >> <sigh/> >> >> Dominik >> >> Berk Geveci wrote: >>> >>> One comment: >>>> >>>> 2) You do not have a Qt license and you have modified/derived Qt based >>>> code: >>>> You must make your source code available to users under the terms of the >>>> GPL >>>> (including ParaView source, which they do anyway). >>> >>> The GPL license says that you have to provide the source under GPL to >>> those you distribute binaries. If you are developing a >>> plugin/extension for in-house use using GPL'ed Qt, you do _not_ have >>> to distribute your source to the outside world. Trolltech has never >>> been clear on this issue. They say that if you are developing >>> commercial tools, you have to have the commercial license. This is >>> only true when it comes to distribution. It does not apply to in-house >>> tools. >>> -berk >>> On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 8:35 AM, John Biddiscombe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> To summarize, within the framework of paraview plugin development >>>> >>>> 1) You do not modify/derive from or create any Qt based code : >>>> You can distribute your software under your own terms, GPL or other. >>>> Users >>>> must have access to the ParaView source, which they do anyway, your >>>> software >>>> does not have to be open source. >>>> >>>> 2) You do not have a Qt license and you have modified/derived Qt based >>>> code >>>> : >>>> You must make your source code available to users under the terms of the >>>> GPL >>>> (including ParaView source, which they do anyway). >>>> >>>> 3) You have a Qt license: >>>> You can keep the source code closed and distribute anything (Qt based or >>>> otherwise) you want under your own terms. >>>> >>>> 4) You may separate plugins which make use of Qt based code from others >>>> which do not, and distribute them on different terms, according to the >>>> first >>>> 3 statements. >>>> >>>> I welcome corrections to the above 4 statements, preferably in as simple >>>> a >>>> form as possible. >>>> >>>> JB >>>> >>>> -- >>>> John Biddiscombe, email:biddisco @ cscs.ch >>>> http://www.cscs.ch/ >>>> CSCS, Swiss National Supercomputing Centre | Tel: +41 (91) 610.82.07 >>>> Via Cantonale, 6928 Manno, Switzerland | Fax: +41 (91) 610.82.82 >>>> >>>> >> >> -- >> Dominik Szczerba, PhD >> Computational Physics Group >> IT'IS Foundation for Research >> http://www.itis.ethz.ch > > _______________________________________________ > ParaView mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview >
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