Re: gnustep licensing issue
Adam Fedor <[email protected]> Fri, 21 Feb 2014 14:26:29 -0700
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--===============2419633192387751607== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_E4D04958-CC1D-4688-801F-011D7E9237BB" --Apple-Mail=_E4D04958-CC1D-4688-801F-011D7E9237BB Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 I am not a lawyer, so if you want a real legal opinion, you should talk = to a lawyer My informal (not legal advice) opinion would be that if you are not = distributing GNUstep then you don't have any requirements under the = license. The GPL and LGPL are both distribution licenses - if you are = just allowing people to use it remotely without distributing the code or = the resulting software then there are no requirements to do anything. Adam On Feb 21, 2014, at 6:27 AM, Peter Smith <[email protected]> = wrote: > Dear Madam or Sir, >=20 > =20 > I represent the group of developers, who are in charge of creating a = cloud-based product. The soft we intend to develop is considered to be = proprietary, and the potential business model based on revenue from = end-user per stream. >=20 > =20 > The name of the library we interested in is =93gnustep=94. >=20 > =20 > In fact, I would like to find out if the business model we are going = to use requires any special conditions of licensing; if it does, it = would be great to know from you the details. >=20 > =20 > I am looking forward to hear from you asap. >=20 > =20 > Best regards, >=20 > Peter >=20 > _______________________________________________ > Gnustep-webmasters mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnustep-webmasters --Apple-Mail=_E4D04958-CC1D-4688-801F-011D7E9237BB Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dwindows-1252"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div>I = am not a lawyer, so if you want a real legal opinion, you should talk to = a lawyer</div><div><br></div><div>My informal (not legal advice) opinion = would be that if you are not distributing GNUstep then you don't have = any requirements under the license. The GPL and LGPL are both = distribution licenses - if you are just allowing people to use it = remotely without distributing the code or the resulting software then = there are no requirements to do = anything.</div><div><br></div><div>Adam</div><br><div><div>On Feb 21, = 2014, at 6:27 AM, Peter Smith <<a = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>> = wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr"><p class=3D"MsoNormal" = style=3D"background-repeat:initial initial"><span lang=3D"EN-US" = style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Dear Madam or Sir,</span><span lang=3D"EN-US" = style=3D"font-size:6.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><div = style=3D""><span lang=3D"EN-US" = style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span = lang=3D"EN-US" = style=3D"font-size:6.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class=3D"MsoNormal" = style=3D"background-repeat:initial initial"><span lang=3D"EN-US" = style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">I represent the group of developers, who are in charge of creating a cloud-based = product. The soft we intend to develop is considered to be proprietary, and the = potential business model based on revenue from end-user per stream.</span><span = lang=3D"EN-US" = style=3D"font-size:6.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><div = style=3D""><span lang=3D"EN-US" = style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span = lang=3D"EN-US" = style=3D"font-size:6.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class=3D"MsoNormal" = style=3D"background-repeat:initial initial"><span lang=3D"EN-US" = style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The name of the library we interested in is =93gnustep=94.</span></p><div style=3D""><span= lang=3D"EN-US" = style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span = lang=3D"EN-US" = style=3D"font-size:6.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class=3D"MsoNormal" = style=3D"background-repeat:initial initial"><span lang=3D"EN-US" = style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">In fact, I would like to find out if the business model we are going to use requires any = special conditions of licensing; if it does, it would be great to know from you = the details.</span><span lang=3D"EN-US" = style=3D"font-size:6.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><div = style=3D""><span lang=3D"EN-US" = style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span = lang=3D"EN-US" = style=3D"font-size:6.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class=3D"MsoNormal" = style=3D"background-repeat:initial initial"><span lang=3D"EN-US" = style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">I am looking forward to hear from you asap.</span><span lang=3D"EN-US" = style=3D"font-size:6.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><div = style=3D""><span lang=3D"EN-US" = style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span = lang=3D"EN-US" = style=3D"font-size:6.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class=3D"MsoNormal" = style=3D"background-repeat:initial initial"><span lang=3D"EN-US" = style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Best = regards,</span><span = style=3D"font-size:6.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p = class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"background-repeat:initial initial"><span = lang=3D"EN-US" = style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Peter</span><span = style=3D"font-size:6.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p></div> _______________________________________________<br>Gnustep-webmasters = mailing list<br><a = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><= br>https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnustep-webmasters<br></blockquo= te></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_E4D04958-CC1D-4688-801F-011D7E9237BB-- --===============2419633192387751607== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Gnustep-webmasters mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnustep-webmasters --===============2419633192387751607==--