Oooh, I didn't know that! I played it safe I thought. > On 2012-11-04 14:40, Ed Kelly wrote:
>> My 2pence worth: Miller's original Pd was licensed to MAX and >> became MSP (oh, the irony) and this could only happen because Pd is >> BSD (not GPL) licensed distribution. > > where is the irony? > cycling74 did *not* steal any code. > Perhaps...that it is ironic that after not being able to use the Max code, the thing he develops becomes part of Max. Perhaps ironic is the wrong word! >> 1) re-license my own library of externals ekext to BSD license. 2) >> code new externals [...]. This code was released BSD. > > btw, you don't need to do this, in order to be able to circumvent the > GPL-clauses of iOS. > if you are the copyright holder of the code, you can simply release > your code under a dual license, e.g. under GPL and under some > proprietary "all rights reserved" EULA thing. > iOS would only ever see the "all rights reserved" part. > > this will only work if you are the only copyright holder of the code > or have the agreement of all other copyright holders to change the > license. > the same however is true, if you change the license from GPL to BSD3. > i'm sure you did check with all those people that contributed to ekext > in the past.... > > the drawback here is that *other* people cannot use your code for > building their own iOS applications. you could however re-license the > code to those people explicitely (so the awareness on apple's license > politics raises) > > the pro of dual-licensing is, that the code will still be available > under GPL and enforce GPL in the majority of cases (that is: non-iOS) > Thank you for your enlightenment on this. > cmadr > iOhannes > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAlCXdSYACgkQkX2Xpv6ydvR2ZACbBUod2mttUIyGTLGzE7wHOjdP > DtoAnA8B+LpJi9l8cvysfh5JX9q5IKbu > =8EkH > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
