On Mar 13, 2007, at 9:18 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: Norman Palardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> On Mar 13, 2007, at 9:28 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>>> 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? >> >> I don't believe a "port" of source code relieves you of the viral >> licensing terms in the GPL but I am not a lawyer > > That makes the 3 answers I got to be yes, no and maybe! > It's a good thing for me it was a theoretical question.
Actually, Norm and I are in agreement except that I took it further based on our legal input. It is a fine line either way, so simply contacting the author of the original code for a non-GPL licensed version of the code is the best solution all around. Oh, and make sure that the author you contact has the right to release under the alternate license. As in the case of Bob's Extended plugin, he can't provide an alternate license as he built his code based upon Victor's GPL'd NTL code. In order to provide a non-GPL version of his plugin, he must go back to Victor and get Victor to provide him with a non-GPL version of the NTL code. At that point, Bob could then re-release the plugins as non-GPL. Tim -- Tim Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
