Re: [f-cpu] Re: Project short description

[nicO <nicolas.boulay@ifrance.com>]

Michael Riepe a écrit :
> 
> On Tue, Sep 04, 2001 at 07:54:06PM -0400, nicO wrote:
> [...]
> > > We have to prove nothing, since we never claimed to be able to make
> > > money with the F-CPU.  On the other hand, switching to LGPL won't make
> > > us rich and famous, either.  I agree that commercial F-CPU users might
> > > benefit from LGPL, but my primary goal never was to enable companies to
> > > make lots of money, without having to return *anything*.
> >
> > I agree ! But Juergen should not forget that lgpl code said you could
> > NOT modify the sources without redistribut it.
> 
> No, you can modify and use (L)GPL code as much as you like, without
> redistributing it.  You only have to redistribute the source *together
> with the resulting binaries*.  If you never distribute the binaries
> (i.e. use them only internally), you need not publish your changes at all.
> The (L)GPL only specifies rules for modification and redistribution,
> not for *using* a piece of GPLed code.  Quoting from the GPL:
> 
>         Activities other than copying, distribution and modification are
>         not covered by this License; they are outside its scope.  The act
>         of running the Program is not restricted, and the output from the
>         Program is covered only if its contents constitute a work based
>         on the Program (independent of having been made by running the
>         Program).  Whether that is true depends on what the Program does.
> 
> Disclaimer: I'm not a shark^H^H^H^H^Hlawyer.

Mmh sorry, i'm shorten to much the licence.

> --
>  Michael "Tired" Riepe <Michael.Riepe@stud.uni-hannover.de>
>  "All I wanna do is have a little fun before I die"
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