Re: "InfoNode Docking Windows" for Debian?
On 20/04/2013 21:40, Felix Natter wrote:
> Sylvestre Ledru <sylvestre@debian.org> writes:
>
>> On 20/04/2013 20:09, Felix Natter wrote:
>>> hi,
>
> hi Sylvestre,
>
>>> Concerning the "InfoNode Docking Windows" library:
>>> http://infonode.net/index.html?idw
>>>
>>> It is dual-licensed under GPL and the InfoNode Software License (for
>>> commercial use).
>>> => are there any problems with this from a Debian point of view?
>> Dual license is not an issue. That just mean that own the intellectual
>> property (or
>> the license are compatible) to propose the software under an other
>> license.
>
> I don't understand the sentence ("the license are compatible"); I
> do understand that dual-license is no problem as long as GPL is an option.
They can include code released under a BSD or MIT license (which will
work in both cases).
>> However, GPL allows commercial use...
>
> I guess that they have a commerical license option so that their
> customers can avoid shipping the source code with their products
> (which would be required by the GPL).
Probably.
S
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