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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Writing plug-insRe: Writing plug-ins
From: Daniel Stenberg <daniel_at_rockbox.org>
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 19:36:53 +0100 (CET) On Mon, 10 Jan 2005, BlueChip wrote: (I'll only response once on this subject to reduce the FUD BC spreads about GPL and certain Rockbox members. We will always come back to that.) > Rockbox threatened me with legal action and demanded that I use "GPL" (??"or > a compatable license"??) rather than my personal choice of just good old > fashioned "PD - here it is, enjoy. License" For the record, we (at least I) objected to you not releasing the source code at all. > BSD may be "compatable", and "compatable" may go unchallenged, I don't know. The Modified BSD license is compatible, yes. The Original BSD is not. See http://www.fsf.org/licenses/license-list.html#GPLCompatibleLicenses and http://www.fsf.org/licenses/license-list.html#GPLIncompatibleLicenses > I have a number of (some nasty) emails from Rockbox (leaders) that I have > had no choice but to use GPL on my intellectual property because, to be of > use, it must be "statically linked" (think that's the right term) to the > Rockbox core code! Plugins are not statically linked, they're dynamically linked. And we did provide links to the GPL FAQ that explained that viewpoint: http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLAndPlugins > A mate of mine who (now) used to be (LOL) an advocate of GPL, told me of a > number of cute loop-holes in the License last night - such as refusing to > release your code, but instead release a docuent which describes your code > using the C language Sorry, but that would be a license violation. Ask your friend to read the license again and especially the part in chapter 3 mentioning "the preferred form of the work". > and releasing the compiled binaries on anonymous sites as "unofficial > compiles" etc (ala "LAME"). Releasing anonymous binaries of GPL software is not to find loop-holes in the license, it is just how you avoid to adhere to it. Just like you do when you copy DVD films or commercial software. > Also, apparently because I do not include a "paper mail" contact address, my > code cannot be GPL. That's not a problem related to GPL. That's a problem between the Rockbox management and you. -- Daniel Stenberg -- http://www.rockbox.org/ -- http://daniel.haxx.se/ _______________________________________________ http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockboxReceived on 2005-01-10 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |