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

[Logan W <dr...@gm...>]

But I can bundle a modified version of Pipmak, liscensed under the GPL with=
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a copyrighted project and sell that, right?

On 6/30/05, Christian Walther <cwa...@gm...> wrote:
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> > Are we allowed to sell projects made in Pipmak? I attempted to find
> > this in the GPL, but it was all legalese.
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> Yes.
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> 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...).
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> -Christian
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