Howard Levine wrote: > I understand the license to freely copy, alter, and distribute the > software. Does anyone have claim against my USE of it, or my profit with > it at business other than programming per se?
There is nothing that prevents you from making money off of the use or sale of GPL software, and nothing that makes you give up a share of your profits. The GPL is about "free" as in free speech, not free beer. The only "strings" attached to the GPL involve distribution and derivative works, and are as follows (paraphrased): 1) If you distribute the software, you must make the source freely available 2) Derivative works must also be released under the GPL Note that original work you create (code, documents, etc) does NOT need to be licensed under the GPL, even if you used a GPL-licensed code to create it. The only work you must release under the GPL is work derived from something that is licensed under the GPL. > Should I develop a patentable extension to the Debian opus, is there any > claim against my profit? Not unless it is a derived work. Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
