Re: Licence question

2004-09-29 Thread Jon Moore
was all he was distributing). Jon On Sep 29, 2004, at 3:12 PM, Alan DeKok wrote: Jon Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From section 2 of the GPL (regarding the rights to modify the Program): "These requirements apply to the modified work as a whole. If identifiable sections of that w

Re: Licence question

2004-09-29 Thread Jon Moore
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sep 29, 2004, at 2:20 PM, Alan DeKok wrote: Jon Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: No. The module will be linked into the server, and will be part of it. It therefore must be GPL'd. I don't think this is technically correct. While

Re: Licence question

2004-09-29 Thread Jon Moore
opping him from distributing a binary-only dynamically-loaded module (and just the module) under a non-GPL license. For an example of the way this works, see closed source device drivers and the GPL'd Linux kernel. Jon - -- Jon Moore ISC Networking & Telecommunications University of Pe