On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 5:47 PM, Latchezar (Lucho) Dimitrov <
[email protected]> wrote:
> Well, this is half of the truth. The other part is they can make
> modifications but AFAIK and IANAL all derivative work must be GPL-2 as
> well.
>
This only applies is they distribute the package. If
Well, this is half of the truth. The other part is they can make modifications
but AFAIK and IANAL all derivative work must be GPL-2 as well. The best thing
to do is to refer them to GPL-2 and ask them if they accept it or not. Another
best thing is to consult with FSF.
Regards,
Latchezar
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Hi Soeren,
If you distribute the package under GPL-2, it gives the company as many
freedoms as any other user of the package (freedom to study the code, to
modify the code etc.) and I think that is a good thing (it is part of the
definition of free [as in free speech] software).
I have obviously
Hello
Please apologise if this is off-list.
Today, a commercial company asked about numerical code and recent numerical
code changes that routines of my R-package are based upon. The code is
self-developed (by Carlo Albert) and based upon an algorithm to be published in
a scientific article w
