Isn't it convenient that having a severely convoluted and complicated system of law ensures the existence of the profession for those whom practice it?
~Kyle On 3/7/07, Ivica Ico Bukvic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm not a lawyer, but as I understand it, source or binary doesn't > > matter: As long as you distribute a flext-external, source or binary, > > you have to distribute it as GPL. This is impossible without violating > > either the Percolate license or the GPL, because both are > > incompatible: the Percolate license isn't a free license. > > > > > Also, how does this affect Stk+flext, since Stk's license is not GPL > > > either? > > > > The Stk-license is perfectly compatible with the GPL, it's almost a > > public domain license and doesn't try to restrict use and distributiom > > in a way, as Percolate's license does. So there are no problems > > linking flext and stk. > > While I can see your point, one thing that confuses the heck out of me is > the following excerpt from the STK license: > > "Some of the concepts are covered by various patents, some known to us and > likely others which are unknown. Many of the ones known to us are > administered by the Stanford Office of Technology and Licensing." > > Obviously, I am not a lawyer either, but I thought that GPL was not > patent-compatible. If someone's source is potentially infringing upon a > patent, (which I am not claiming that STK is--I am speaking here purely > hypothetically), my rather limited [mis]understanding of licenses is that > they do not have the right to grant permissions to others to use patented > code of a patent that is not theirs... > > This is why I thought that "educational use" ought to do it, but then again, > what do I know? ;-) > > Best wishes, > > Ico > > > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > -- http://theradioproject.com http://perhapsidid.blogspot.com (((())))(()()((((((((()())))()(((((((())()()())()))) (())))))(()))))))))))))(((((((((((()()))))))))((()))) ))(((((((((((())))())))))))))))))))__________ _____())))))(((((((((((((()))))))))))_______ ((((((())))))))))))((((((((000)))oOOOOOO _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
