Deciphering GPL 2
Aug. 30, 2006
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| So it is that I was glad to see Bruce Byfield take a crack at clearing up
| 10 common misunderstandings about the GPL in an article on IT Managers
| Journal.
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| Byfield, who's no more a lawyer than I am, went to Richard Fontana, a
| lawyer with the Software Freedom Law Center; David Turner, former
| compliance engineer with the Free Software Foundation; and Harald Welte,
| of the GPL-Violations project, which tracks possible cases of GPL
| non-compliance, to come up with some real answers to some of the GPL's
| more confusing points.
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| For example, no, the GPL is not "viral." I don't care what Microsoft or
| SCO tells you. It's not. Simply using GPL software as part of a larger
| program package doesn't force developers into putting their independent
| work under the GPL.
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| Byfield's sources also mention, however, that some points, like theo
| ne above, aren't completely clear.
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| Other myths, like the notion that you can't charge for GPLed software,
| however, are complete and utter nonsense.
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