On Mar 13, 2007, at 11:28 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: Tim Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> But we are as close to experts as you can be on the GPL. Before we >> started producing BRU for Linux (1994), we paid a rather well placed >> IP legal team to clarify the religious document that is the GPL-2 >> into something that more closely resembled a true license. The >> results is very simple - if you use any portion of a GPL code base >> within your application, your application is now legally bound to the >> GPL itself. > > What if instead of making a plug-in you translated a few GPL C > code algorithms into RB as part of a module? Would that then GPL > your app?
In general, algorithms cannot be covered by the GPL or any other L, unless they are patented. Porting any part of NTL would be a nontrivial task. A Real World plug -- my wife is giving a session entitled "What Every Developer Must Know About Contracts". So sign up and bring your questions. Charles Yeomans _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
