Re: Linux Torvalds on GPL2
Allright, there seems to be some mis-conceptions in which I belive needs to be
marked out here. The major thing being the line in which the GPL, and LGPL
consideres Derivitive, and such codes.
In cases of both GPL, and LGPL, the clearly state that the original Source code,
with any modifications, should be released back to the General Public for
consumption. This does not in any way mean anything about any product created
ontop of the Source code. As often, alot of libraries (Simple Direct Media
Library comes to mind), your free to modify the code, as long as you publish your
modifications. Anything built ontop of the SDL Library, can be either Open
Source, or Closed source.
I've seen this referenced alot in this thread, as if Rob was to go with the
[L]GPL license, that anything they make ontop of the Euphoria Interpreter (EG: A
program they create, using the Euphoria Language), must be open. That is simply
not the case. Anything built ontop of a [L]GPL'ed peice of code, can be closed
source, as long as the [L]GPL'ed source code remains open, along with any
modifications they make to that source code.
So, there needs to be a defined clearing of thoes two right now, and future
references should point that the Euphoria Source Code should remain open, if your
interested in doing that, and anything that is made in the Euphoria Programming
Language can be open or closed, or whatever the Author wants.
Just wanted to make that clear, cause from the discussion, no one has clearly
defined that line between what is what, and I think that is majorly needed here.
Mario Steele
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