To REALbasic User Network,
From: Daniel L. Taylor,
From: Kim Kohen,
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which raises another question from me. If you release the source,
doesn't it have to be free of any commercial dependencies? eg.
Commercial plugins ala Monkeybread, einhugur etc. I seem to
recall from some deep. dark place in my memory that *any* reliance
on a commercial component meant it couldn't be released under the
GPL.
Yes. In fact, under some interpretations GPL would preclude you
from releasing a RB application under GPL because to compile the
application requires a commercial compiler with a commercial
framework. You therefore cannot provide all the means to install
and use the source (compiler), and the source links against a
commercial, closed framework (RB classes).
http://www.itmanagersjournal.com/feature/12878
The FSF has a somewhat different take on this:
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#NonFreeTools
(just FYI)
Cheers, Nathan._______________________________________________
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