Re: Re: Linux and GPLv2
On Wed, Mar 23, 2005 at 10:34:28AM +0100, Gerardo Ballabio wrote:
> So, the FTP plugin's license must be _the GPL_, and it must not
> depend on GPL-incompatible code.
No. It must be GPL-compatible, but it need not be the GPL. For example,
you can reuse a third party's MIT-licensed code in your code, and that
software does not suddenly receive the restrictions of the GPL--in fact,
if you havn't modified the code enough to have a copyright claim in it
(which you often don't have to do, with well-written code), you don't
have any grounds to be placing the GPL's restrictions on that code at all.
--
Glenn Maynard
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