Do programs compiled with a GNU compiler have to be open source?

2000-10-28 Thread nathan_gundlach
Hi, Do programs compiled with a GNU compiler have to be open source? Thanks, Nathan

Re: Do programs compiled with a GNU compiler have to be open source?

2000-10-28 Thread Simon, David
No but you have to look at the licenses for the libraries thay you use. They may have restrictions. David Simon Senior Counsel Phone 408 765 8244 Cell 408 464 2533 Fax 408 765 1621 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

Re: Do programs compiled with a GNU compiler have to be open source?

2000-10-28 Thread John Cowan
On Sat, 28 Oct 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Do programs compiled with a GNU compiler have to be open source? Absolutely not. Thanks, Nathan -- John Cowan [EMAIL PROTECTED] One art/there is/no less/no more/All things/to do/with sparks/galore

revised GPL?

2000-10-28 Thread Laura Majerus
Does anybody have any information on the status of the next version of the GPL that I have been hearing rumors about? (Sorry in advance about the stupid confidentiality banner!) Laura A. Majerus Fenwick West LLP 2 Palo Alto Square Palo Alto, CA 94306 Phone: 650-858-7152 Fax:650-494-1417

Re: Do programs compiled with a GNU compiler have to be open source?

2000-10-28 Thread Sven Dehmlow
Do programs compiled with a GNU compiler have to be open source? No! There are commercial projects made with GNU compilers which aren't open source. But be careful if you use more than only the plain compiler, some libs, for example, may have different licenses. I hope this response is helpful

Nupedia Open Content License

2000-10-28 Thread Jimmy Wales
Nupedia Open Content Encyclopedia aims to be a general purpose encyclopedia, a true multi-national effort to generate a high quality, unbiased, and *free* Encyclopedia. I would like to invite people to read and critique the Nupedia Open Content License, which you may read at:

Re: revised GPL?

2000-10-28 Thread kmself
on Sat, Oct 28, 2000 at 10:19:56AM -0700, Laura Majerus ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Does anybody have any information on the status of the next version of the GPL that I have been hearing rumors about? (Sorry in advance about the stupid confidentiality banner!) The best source of information

Re: revised GPL?

2000-10-28 Thread Rod Dixon, J.D., LL.M.
Your message has engaged my curiosity. Why are discussions about open source/FSF licenses being held in secret? It seems to me that we all should be informed of not only the status of these discussions, but also the folks who are doing 'the discussing.' I know IBM has a license, but it seems

Re: revised GPL?

2000-10-28 Thread kmself
on Sat, Oct 28, 2000 at 07:18:28PM -0400, Rod Dixon, J.D., LL.M. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Your message has engaged my curiosity. Why are discussions about open source/FSF licenses being held in secret? It seems to me that we all should be informed of not only the status of these

Re: Nupedia Open Content License

2000-10-28 Thread David Johnson
On Saturday 28 October 2000 01:43 pm, Jimmy Wales wrote: The only restriction on use and reuse that we seek, and I hope that this is consistent with Open Source ideals, is that when people use the content on the web, they are required to provide a hypertext link back to the original project.