>On Mar 12, 2007, at 4:11 PM, Tim Jones wrote:
>
>> On Mar 12, 2007, at 3:57 PM, Steve Garman wrote:
>>
>>> In a message regarding Re: Big Number support for RB? dated Mon, 12
>>> Mar
>>> 2007 15:20:09 -0700, Tim Jones said that ...
>>>
>>>> Thanks, but he's released as GPL and we can't use it for commercial
>>>> work. Anyone else?
>>>
>>> Which plugin are you looking at?
>>>
>>> I've only looked at MPCalc, but as far as I can see that is freeware.
>>
>> It is freeware, but it's based on NTL which is GPL. From Bob's page
>> for the Extended plugin:
>>
>> "NTL is free software, and may be used according to the terms of the
>> GNU General Public License. A copy of the required license is
>> included with Extended Plugin."
>>
>> And, unfortunately the GPL prevents us from including it in a
>> commercial app unless we also GPL the commercial app.
>
>In clarification, if it was released as LGPL (Lesser GPL for
>Libraries), we could include it so long as we provided the source for
>the plugin on request and provided any modification we make back into
>the original code.
>
>Tim
>--
>Tim Jones
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tim,
I'm not at all an expert in interpreting the GPL. But do note this
excerpt from "NTL Copyright.txt":
"However, NTL should not be linked in a commercial program
(although using data in a commercial
product produced by a program that used NTL is fine)."
So is my plugin counted as a program that uses NTL?
Bob
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