On Wed, Apr 16, 2003 at 08:28:48AM -0400, Sean E. Russell via RT wrote: > I'm writing to request a formal "ruling" on a specific case of mixing the GPL > with a non-GPL program.
Dear Sean, I am very sorry for the late response to this message. Since we are a non-profit with very limited resources, messages to this address often get backlogged, and we are always struggling to catch up. That said, I cannot go through the details of your question and determine what would and would not permissible under the GNU General Public License. We offer such service freely to those who are trying to make more free software, but this question pertains to proprietary software. As a 501(c)(3) with a charter committed to software freedom, it would not be appropriate to spend our donors' funds to go through all the details in cases like this. We do offer a fee-for-service model, if you or the developers of XXE want to pay us to go through these details with you to make sure you are complying with the license. Let me know if you are interested. Otherwise, the best I can say is that you are required to comply with the GNU General Public License (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html) and other free software licenses, and it is your responsibility to make sure you fulfill those obligations. Best regards, -- Brett Smith, Free Software Foundation Become a card-carrying member of FSF: http://member.fsf.org/ Help support our work for FSF and the GNU project: http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=fsfinfo
