Re: gnustep licensing issue
Adam Fedor <[email protected]> Thu, 6 Mar 2014 11:02:40 -0700
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--===============7332418344655560311== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_38E0BF8C-1100-4C10-8A31-57DBF61C6225" --Apple-Mail=_38E0BF8C-1100-4C10-8A31-57DBF61C6225 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Sorry, no, we do not have a lawyer. You could contact the FSF = (http://www.fsf.org), but it is not likely they can help you either. You = will probably have to hire a lawyer who is knowledgable about copyright = law yourself. Adam On Mar 6, 2014, at 10:58 AM, Peter Smith <[email protected]> = wrote: > Adam, >=20 > 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? >=20 > Peter=20 >=20 >=20 > 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 >=20 > 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. >=20 > Adam >=20 > On Feb 21, 2014, at 6:27 AM, Peter Smith <[email protected]> = wrote: >=20 >> 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 >=20 >=20 --Apple-Mail=_38E0BF8C-1100-4C10-8A31-57DBF61C6225 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;">Sorry, = no, we do not have a lawyer. You could contact the FSF (<a = href=3D"http://www.fsf.org">http://www.fsf.org</a>), but it is not = likely they can help you either. You will probably have to hire a lawyer = who is knowledgable about copyright law = yourself.<div><br></div><div>Adam</div><div><br><div><div>On Mar 6, = 2014, at 10:58 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">Adam,<div><br></div><div>Thank you for = the information, but I would like to take a legal advice on <span = style=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">GNUstep licensing, = whom I have to write? Does your developer society have = an </span><font face=3D"arial, = sans-serif">accessible </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><di= v><span = style=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Peter </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"><<a = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" = target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote = class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #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 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><div class=3D"h5"><div>On = Feb 21, 2014, at 6:27 AM, Peter Smith <<a = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" = target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>> = 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><sp= an 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> </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><sp= an 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> </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><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></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><sp= an 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> </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><sp= an 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> </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> </div></div> _______________________________________________<br>Gnustep-webmasters = mailing 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/mailman/listinfo/gnustep-webmaster= s</a><br> </blockquote></div><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div> </blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_38E0BF8C-1100-4C10-8A31-57DBF61C6225-- --===============7332418344655560311== 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 --===============7332418344655560311==--