Thank you very much for your prompt responses! On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Luke Schierer <[email protected]> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > > 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----- > -- Kyle Stanek [email protected] 617-381-4032 (office) 617-939-4494 (cell)
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