Right to copy source code

2007-06-04 Thread cold80
Sorry if maybe my question could be silly, but I don't know a lot about licences...I found a .NET library that is realeased under the GPL licence. So I have the source code. Now I'm developing a software and I would like to use part of this library. I would like to copy the source code that I need

MS-Access application code -- Free Software

2007-06-04 Thread Richard Hollenbeck
I originally wrote my grades program in MS-Access to help community college teachers in the California community colleges keep track of their students' grades and produce reports for the students to know how they are doing in the semester and to submit reports to the school at the end of the

Re: Right to copy source code

2007-06-04 Thread Alfred M. Szmidt
From the GPL FAQ (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#TOCGPLCommercially): Question: If I use a piece of software that has been obtained under the GNU GPL, am I allowed to modify the original code into a new program, then distribute and sell that new program commercially? You are allowed to

Re: Right to copy source code

2007-06-04 Thread John Hasler
Cold writes: I would like to copy the source code that I need to my project and compile it. So I'm not linking the library, I would like to embeed the code in my program. What am I supposed to do? Should I release my program under the GPL license too? Yes. I would like to release it for

Re: Right to copy source code

2007-06-04 Thread Alexander Terekhov
cold80 wrote: Sorry if maybe my question could be silly, but I don't know a lot about licences...I found a .NET library that is realeased under the GPL licence. So I have the source code. Now I'm developing a software and I would like to use part of this library. I would like to copy the

Re: Did I finally figure out the rationale?

2007-06-04 Thread David Kastrup
Rui Miguel Silva Seabra [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Qua, 2007-05-30 às 20:33 -0700, mike3 escreveu: On May 28, 2:39 pm, Rui Miguel Silva Seabra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Seg, 2007-05-28 às 12:04 -0700, mike3 escreveu: And therefore the GPL is more of a copyright license, whereas the MS-

Re: Right to copy source code

2007-06-04 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: cold80 wrote: Sorry if maybe my question could be silly, but I don't know a lot about licences...I found a .NET library that is realeased under the GPL licence. So I have the source code. Now I'm developing a software and I would like to use

Re: Right to copy source code

2007-06-04 Thread Alexander Terekhov
David Kastrup wrote: [...] Your program is merely an aggregation (collective work at most if selection is creative enough) of multiple computer program works. copy the source code that I need to my project and compile it... Sorry, but that's not even borderline contentious: of course this

NYC LOCAL: Wednesday 6 June 2007 NYLXS: David Sugar, of GNU Telephony, will speak on The Old Telephone System and the New Telephone Systems

2007-06-04 Thread secretary
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Re: Right to copy source code

2007-06-04 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Kastrup wrote: [...] Your program is merely an aggregation (collective work at most if selection is creative enough) of multiple computer program works. copy the source code that I need to my project and compile it... Sorry, but that's

Re: Did I finally figure out the rationale?

2007-06-04 Thread John Hasler
David Kastrup writes: That is perfectly acceptable and has nothing to do with copyright. Copyright comes into play once you sell or otherwise transfer Copyright can come into play with the owner transferring a copy. For example if you display an original painting of yours and I photograph it

Re: Right to copy source code

2007-06-04 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Kastrup wrote: Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Kastrup wrote: [...] Your program is merely an aggregation (collective work at most if selection is creative enough) of multiple computer program works. copy

Re: Did I finally figure out the rationale?

2007-06-04 Thread David Kastrup
John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Kastrup writes: That is perfectly acceptable and has nothing to do with copyright. Copyright comes into play once you sell or otherwise transfer Copyright can come into play with the owner transferring a copy. Where is the contradiction? For

Re: Did I finally figure out the rationale?

2007-06-04 Thread John Hasler
I wrote: Copyright can come into play with the owner transferring a copy. Should read ...without the owner transferring -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI USA ___ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list

Re: Did I finally figure out the rationale?

2007-06-04 Thread David Kastrup
John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Kastrup writes: Last time I looked, the owner of a Michelangelo painting does not have the copyright on the painting. He has, however, the power to determine who may take photographs of it. He has the power to put it where no one can get near it

Re: Did I finally figure out the rationale?

2007-06-04 Thread John Hasler
David Kastrup writes: You will find that museums, even though they put paintings on public display, have the right to stop people from taking photographs of the paintings. In order to photograph those paintings one must enter the museum's property. The museum has the right to limit what

GNU License Again but this time a different question

2007-06-04 Thread mike3
Hi. Yes, yet another GNU License question, but this time it's different. What happens if I get some GPL code, and read it to learn something about how to solve some stumbling block with something I can't seem to figure out how to program, then used the knowledge gained to write my own piece of

Re: GNU License Again but this time a different question

2007-06-04 Thread John Hasler
mike3 writes: What happens if I get some GPL code, and read it to learn something about how to solve some stumbling block with something I can't seem to figure out how to program, then used the knowledge gained to write my own piece of code? The same thing as would have happened had read it