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On May 21, 2009, at 15:50 EDT, Kyle Stanek wrote: > Hello, > > I have a licensing question. Do you guys feel that Meebo's use of > libpurple is acceptable given the GPL status of the libpurple > codebase? According to a post on the Meebo website, they feel that > they are not required to release their source code because they do > not directly distribute binaries to customers (since Meebo is a web > application). The reason that I ask is because I am thinking about > starting a project using the libpurple codebase and I'm wondering > what the licensing restrictions would be. > > Thanks in advance, > Kyle Stanek Meebo's understanding of the restrictions the GPL places on developers is consistent with my own, and, I believe, the majority of libpurple developers past and present. In using the libpurple code base, you will be obligated to make available the source code both of libpurple, and of anything that links against it in such a manner as to make a single product of the two binaries, to anyone to whom you distribute binaries. Luke -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) iEYEARECAAYFAkoVuwcACgkQUsDanPbyGdnPsACgjO3e8W+qKCsKPkbBU6olYEjx WSIAn39caEntSDzfpeLfWX2OZBi/dmZ5 =mkaW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Support mailing list [email protected] http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
