Re: [ql-users] SMSQ/E Proposals

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On Wed, 29 May 2002, Bill Cable wrote:

> Would it be prohibited to have any open source code on the SMSQ disk
> being sold since the disk can not be freely copied? I would expect that
> no open source code could be used as part of SMSQ executable but am not
> sure about having separate open source modules distributed on the same
> CD. I imagine there are some developers that feel strongly about having
> their code open source. Doesn't this mean that any code they write can
> not be part of SMSQ.

As long as the source is included, and the included code is separate from
SMQ, it is compatible with the GPL. Incompatibility arises if the source
is not included, or if the code is incorporated into SMSQ, in which case
the GPL would override the SMSQ license, as accepting the GPLd
contribution means accepting the GPL.

Don't go any further, it gets complicated ;)

Dave