[LAD] Impro-Visor created on sourceforge

[Raymond Martin]

On Wednesday 05 August 2009 21:05:41 drew Roberts wrote:
> On Tuesday 28 July 2009 22:38:18 laseray at gmail.com wrote:
> > Whether he wanted to or not, use of GPL code makes it GPL code.
>
> I don't think this is correct. It would only mean that if he were not to
> GPL the code he would be in violation of the original author's copyrights
> (this is a generic he here and I am not speaking to this particular case as
> I have not followed this closely enough.) If he did not want to GPL his own
> code, he could stop distribution, work out another license with the
> original author or any number of other things surely. He would still have
> the already existing copyright violations to face should the original
> author choose to persue them though.

This was all in the context of distribution. Perhaps this was not clear.

> > I think you
> > are thinking too much in the vain of convention copyrights. The code is
> > automatically GPL by way of use of other GPL code. It no longer is some
> > independent proprietary code solely belonging to the original copyright
> > holder once mixed together.
>
> If I get the time, I seem to remember some FSF pages that disagree with
> this and point rather to the thoughts I posted above but I am snowed under
> at the moment.

Again, this was about some app that was already distributed.

Raymond