Re: [Wxdevide-devs] code license consern

[Tony R. <tb...@gm...>]

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> 1- We need a license that states that all derivative work needs to have the
> original sources open, and prominently acknowledge the existence of the
> original project (we) and link to us.
>

That's GPL. Everything that touches GPL code needs to be GPL. It's why they
call it "GPL poisoning".


> 2- None of the derivative work can be reselled without the explicit concent
> of the original autors or the current project administrators. We can open it
> up for reselling at some point if the project seems to be abandoned in terms
> of improvements.
>

That one is pretty difficult to do outside of a closed source license. Even
with GPL, a user may take the original source code, build it (without
modifications), and sell the binaries for millions of dollars. The point of
GPL is that he can't sell the source code (and must give it away freely to
anyone who wants it).



> 3- 3rd party code included can remain licensed on it's own terms.
>

You've just contradicted requirement #1. 3rd party code would be considered
a "derivative work"


> 4-...?
>
> 5-...?
>
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>

As far as Mal's links about C::B, the guy who hijacked their IDE and sold it
as his own would be legally protected if he had made his source code
available and acknowledged that he got it from C::B. It's still pretty
slimy, but it isn't illegal to sell the binaries.

-Tony


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