On 16-Mar-99 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > George Bonser dixit: >> >> http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,33762,00.html >> >> Looks like Caldera is building a nice linux install wizard ... called >> lizard. They say they might open-source it. > > They "might"? I thought everything developed under Linux has to be > GPL'ed, and thus open source!
Not so. You may develop any application or tool you wish on/under Linux on a commercial basis and impose whatever licence conditions you like, so long as this does not depend on GPL'ed code, and market it as you please. A lot of people have been doing just this for quite some time. What you may not do is treat anything of GPL origin in this way: for that you have to make the source available and you have to include the GPL itself (or state clearly how it may be obtained). Best wishes, Ted. -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 16-Mar-99 Time: 11:59:39 ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------
