Re: interesting
On 16-Mar-99 homega@vlc.servicom.es wrote:
> George Bonser dixit:
>>
>> http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,33762,00.html
>>
>> Looks like Caldera is building a nice linux install wizard ... called
>> lizard. They say they might open-source it.
>
> They "might"? I thought everything developed under Linux has to be
> GPL'ed, and thus open source!
Not so. You may develop any application or tool you wish on/under Linux
on a commercial basis and impose whatever licence conditions you like,
so long as this does not depend on GPL'ed code, and market it as you
please.
A lot of people have been doing just this for quite some time.
What you may not do is treat anything of GPL origin in this way: for that
you have to make the source available and you have to include the GPL
itself (or state clearly how it may be obtained).
Best wishes,
Ted.
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Date: 16-Mar-99 Time: 11:59:39
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