Re: [Pipmak-Users] Re: User-Section for (links to) Pipmak Projects

[Christian W. <cwa...@gm...>]

> Are we allowed to sell projects made in Pipmak? I attempted to find
> this in the GPL, but it was all legalese.

Yes.

Your project is not a "work based on" Pipmak (in the same way that an  
interpreted program is not based on the interpreter, see  
<http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl- 
faq.html#IfInterpreterIsGPL>), and shipping Pipmak together with your  
project constitutes a "mere aggregation", so you are not required to  
license your project under the GPL. You can license it under any terms  
you want. At least that's my understanding of the GPL, and it's the way  
I want Pipmak to be licensed. I want Pipmak to be used as widely as  
possible, so I encourage its use in commercial projects (although it  
may not be very well suited for that purpose in its current state...).

On the other hand, if you modify Pipmak itself, you have to license the  
modified Pipmak under the GPL, i.e. make its source available so that  
everyone can benefit from your improvements. I don't want anyone to  
make some small improvements to Pipmak and then sell it, making money  
from what is mainly my work.

Hope that clears it up somewhat. I actually expected that question to  
turn up sooner or later. If some lawyer disagrees with my  
interpretation of the GPL, let me know and I'll add an exception, but I  
currently believe that none is necessary.

  -Christian