Justin Wells wrote:
> You can use webMacro on a corporate or commercial or any other kind
> of site. You can build applications based on WebMacro and transfer
> copyright to them to someone else. In both cases you can keep your
> sources proprietary, and do not need to contact anyone.
>
Hi,
Is this true? I thought that it wasn't - maybe I'm wrong. As far as I
undertand it:
* GPL was explicitly designed to be a "free software virus" (And I do mean this
positively). Any extensions to GPL code must also be GPL. AND IMPORTANTLY, a
piece of code "linking" to a GPL library is considered an extension. This
doesn't affect software that just executes other programs, like something that
shells out and calls GNU "diff" for example. But, it would affect code that
links and uses "webmacro".
* LGPL was explicity designed to ease up this restriction of GPL; for reusable
class libraries without forcing client code to also become GPL.
...Aparently, LGPL doesn't go far enough for a lot of developers. After
reviewing all the possibilities, I decided to use the Perl "Artistic License"
for my OpenSource code: It's well known, has been used with success with Perl
for a long time, and seems to encourage greater use of the code.
- Robb
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