On Tuesday 29 October 2002 10:40 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> The GPL already prohibits dependence on proprietary software? I didn't
> realise this. Can you point me towards a URL which gives a clean
> explication of the GPL?
Section 3, paragraph 5, of the GPL says that all modules must be re
> Let me rephrase this for you, and see if I'm close: you want to prevent
the
> software from being dependent on proprietary software, including
proprietary
> operating systems and their components?
Exactly! Thank you for the clear re-phrasing. I thought I'd been both
clear and succinct. I se
On Tuesday 29 October 2002 08:14 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Okay, maybe that is the question that I should be asking: can I limit
> further development to only non-proprietary development tools?
Let me rephrase this for you, and see if I'm close: you want to prevent the
software from being d
> The same answer applies. A provision that would block Win32 extensions
would
> also block Linux, BSD, OSX, Solaris, GNU and other extensions.
The scenario that I am trying to prevent is this:
I author a piece of software which functions in Linux, MacOS, and Win32. I
write it in Python, using
On Tuesday 29 October 2002 05:58 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I am looking for a license which would not allow Win32-specific extensions
> to be added, to be more explicit.
The same answer applies. A provision that would block Win32 extensions would
also block Linux, BSD, OSX, Solaris, GNU and
John Cowan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 5:55 PM
Subject: Re: Newbie Question
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] scripsit:
>
> > 1. Is there a license which specifically disallows any forks or
extensions
> >
>Frankly, such a thing sounds perverse. It means that the program cannot be
>adapted for a specific OS/environment, since such an adaptation would
>necessarily be limited to that OS/environment. For example, if your
>program were written for Linux, it could not be ported to Win32.
I don't know
[EMAIL PROTECTED] scripsit:
> 1. Is there a license which specifically disallows any forks or extensions
> which would limit the use of a program/package to a particular environment
> or OS? If not forks, then extensions only; if not environments, then OS.
Frankly, such a thing sounds perverse.
I've RTFM, the FAQs, scoured Google, perused the Open Source Definition,
studied various OSI approved licenses, but I haven't found an answer to
these questions:
1. Is there a license which specifically disallows any forks or extensions
which would limit the use of a program/package to a particul
Hello!
Sorry if I bother all of you with a question probably stupid or with an
already existent answer...
I'm trying to write a bookmarks organizer in Java, and I'm using the
GPL. Now I need an XML parser, but the only Java non commercial parser I
found is released under the Apache Software Licens
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