Re: gnustep licensing issue

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Adam,

Thank you for the information, but I would like to take a legal advice
on GNUstep
licensing, whom I have to write? Does your developer society have an
accessible lawyer?

Peter


On 22 February 2014 01:26, Adam Fedor <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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,
>
>
> 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.
>
>
> The name of the library we interested in is "gnustep".
>
>
> 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.
>
>
> I am looking forward to hear from you asap.
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Peter
> _______________________________________________
> Gnustep-webmasters mailing list
> [email protected]
> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnustep-webmasters
>
>
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr">Adam,<div><br></div><div>Thank you for the information, bu=
t I would like to take a legal advice on&nbsp;<span style=3D"font-family:ar=
ial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">GNUstep licensing, whom I have to write? Doe=
s your developer society have an&nbsp;</span><font face=3D"arial, sans-seri=
f">accessible&nbsp;</font><span style=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-=
size:13px">lawyer?</span></div>
<div><span style=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></span=
></div><div><span style=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Pet=
er&nbsp;</span></div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D=
"gmail_quote">
On 22 February 2014 01:26, Adam Fedor <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mail=
to:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>=
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div style=3D"word-wrap:break-word"><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 distrib=
uting GNUstep then you don&#39;t have any requirements under the license. &=
nbsp;The GPL and LGPL are both distribution licenses - if you are just allo=
wing people to use it remotely without distributing the code or the resulti=
ng software then there are no requirements to do anything.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Adam</div><br><div><div><div class=3D"h5"><div>On Feb 2=
1, 2014, at 6:27 AM, Peter Smith &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:petersmith0818@gmail=
.com" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:</div><br></=
div>
</div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div><div class=3D"h5"><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><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size:10pt;fo=
nt-family:Arial,sans-serif">&nbsp;</span><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font=
-size:6.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span><br>
</div><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"background-repeat:initial initial"><s=
pan 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. T=
he
soft we intend to develop is considered to be proprietary, and the potentia=
l
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><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-=
serif">&nbsp;</span><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size:6.5pt;font-fami=
ly:Arial,sans-serif"></span><br>
</div><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"background-repeat:initial initial"><s=
pan lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Th=
e name of the
library we interested in is &ldquo;gnustep&rdquo;.</span></p><div><span lan=
g=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">&nbsp;</s=
pan><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size:6.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-se=
rif"></span><br></div>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"background-repeat:initial initial"><span la=
ng=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 spe=
cial
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:Ar=
ial,sans-serif"></span></p><div><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size:10p=
t;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">&nbsp;</span><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"=
font-size:6.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span><br>
</div><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"background-repeat:initial initial"><s=
pan 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-siz=
e:6.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><div><span lang=3D"EN-US" =
style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">&nbsp;</span><span la=
ng=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size:6.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span>=
<br>
</div><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"background-repeat:initial initial"><s=
pan lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Be=
st regards,</span><span style=3D"font-size:6.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-ser=
if"></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"background-repeat:initial initial"><span la=
ng=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Peter</s=
pan><span style=3D"font-size:6.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p=
></div>
</div></div>
_______________________________________________<br>Gnustep-webmasters maili=
ng list<br><a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">=
[email protected]</a><br><a href=3D"https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/=
listinfo/gnustep-webmasters" target=3D"_blank">https://lists.gnu.org/mailma=
n/listinfo/gnustep-webmasters</a><br>
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