18 Sep
2008
18 Sep
'08
12:58 p.m.
On Thursday 18 September 2008 10:15:14 Randy Kramer wrote:
On Thursday 18 September 2008 09:38 am, drew Roberts
wrote:
Not mingled in that way.
Whatever the case may be, these are not GPL
licensed programs and thus
code
from them may not be mingled legally with other
GPL programs. Right?
I may have missed something in the context of your statement, but
various levels of mingling are allowed, depending on the other
licenses. The simple one is that GPL software can be agregated with
non-free software, for example, for things like a distro (i.e., a
compilation of software).
In addition, if the licenses are compatible, GPL software can call
routines written with other (compatible licenses), and, iiuc, vice
versa. It really gets complicated and detailed--if you have specific
questions, I'd probably suggest that you do some reading, or ask
questions on a list devoted to the topic.
To be clear, code could not be taken from a GPL program and from these GPL
fakes with exceptions and mixed to form a separate GPL program. Nor could
code be taken from a GPL program and incorporated into one of the fake GPL
programs and likewise it could not be taken from one of the fake GPL programs
and incorporated into a GPL program.
Whereas, if you had two GPL programs, you could do this.
I am also not talking about use of ports and sockets and the like. Just mixing
the code into one whole.
IANAL.
Randy Kramer
all the best,
drew