diff options
| author | neodarz <neodarz@neodarz.net> | 2018-08-11 20:21:34 +0200 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | neodarz <neodarz@neodarz.net> | 2018-08-11 20:21:34 +0200 |
| commit | 0ea5fc66924303d1bf73ba283a383e2aadee02f2 (patch) | |
| tree | 2568e71a7ccc44ec23b8bb3f0ff97fb6bf2ed709 /pipermail/nel/2001-December/000808.html | |
| download | nevrax-website-self-hostable-0ea5fc66924303d1bf73ba283a383e2aadee02f2.tar.xz nevrax-website-self-hostable-0ea5fc66924303d1bf73ba283a383e2aadee02f2.zip | |
Initial commit
Diffstat (limited to '')
| -rw-r--r-- | pipermail/nel/2001-December/000808.html | 116 |
1 files changed, 116 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/pipermail/nel/2001-December/000808.html b/pipermail/nel/2001-December/000808.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..348debb1 --- /dev/null +++ b/pipermail/nel/2001-December/000808.html @@ -0,0 +1,116 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> +<HTML> + <HEAD> + <TITLE> GPL specifics -- was: [Nel] Gamer question</TITLE> + <LINK REL="Index" HREF="index.html" > + <LINK REL="made" HREF="mailto:lecroart%40nevrax.com"> + <LINK REL="Previous" HREF="000806.html"> + <LINK REL="Next" HREF="000809.html"> + </HEAD> + <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> + <H1>GPL specifics -- was: [Nel] Gamer question</H1> + <B>Vianney Lecroart</B> + <A HREF="mailto:lecroart%40nevrax.com" + TITLE="GPL specifics -- was: [Nel] Gamer question">lecroart@nevrax.com</A><BR> + <I>Fri, 14 Dec 2001 10:30:36 +0100</I> + <P><UL> + <LI> Previous message: <A HREF="000806.html">GPL specifics -- was: [Nel] Gamer question</A></li> + <LI> Next message: <A HREF="000809.html">[Nel] Using GCC? -- was: GPL specifics</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#808">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#808">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#808">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#808">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + <HR> +<!--beginarticle--> +<PRE>Hi, + +><i> Of course, I understand your need to keep Ryzom "secret" +</I>><i> until it is done, releasable and sellable, so that you can put food on +</I>your +><i> plates (and buy big cars for your Venture Capital people), yet, isn't this +</I>><i> secrecy a violation of the GPL, since Ryzom is GPL'd? +</I> +No it isn't. If oneday, we *distribute* Ryzom program and if Ryzom uses a +GPL library, in this case, we have to give the source of Ryzom. But today, +we don't distribute Ryzom, so we don't have to give the source. Look the GPL +licence, it's based on distribution. + +Vianney Lecroart +--- +lead network programmer / nevrax.com +icq#: 6870415 +homepage: <A HREF="http://ace.planet-d.net">http://ace.planet-d.net</A> +www.geekcode.com: GCS/E d- s+++: a-- C+++$ UL++ P- L+++>+$ E+>- W++ N+ o? K- +w++$ O- M- V- PS- PE? Y PGP t 5? X+ R- tv++ b- DI D+ G e++ h+ r-- y? + +----- Original Message ----- +From: "Kai Schutte" <<A HREF="mailto:skander@WPI.EDU">skander@WPI.EDU</A>> +To: <<A HREF="mailto:nel@nevrax.org">nel@nevrax.org</A>> +Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 1:07 AM +Subject: GPL specifics -- was: [Nel] Gamer question + + +><i> +</I>><i> On Thursday 13 December 2001 09:49, Vincent Archer wrote: +</I>><i> > Whenever you get a GPLed program (and the license on the NeL library +</I>><i> > is such that a program linked to it must be GPL too), under any form, +</I>><i> > you must also be able to access/request/get a copy of the source. +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > So anybody who has a Ryzom client has the right to access the source. +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > Of course, until there IS an official client, almost no one outside +</I>><i> > Nevrax has that right :) +</I>><i> +</I>><i> I don't want to drag this out eternally, but I see a little lapse of +</I>><i> reasoning. Technically speaking, the development version of Ryzom is +</I>probably +><i> currently being linked and tested with NeL, therefore, Ryzom must inherit +</I>the +><i> GPL. +</I>><i> Therefore, the current development code is in the public domain, therefore +</I>><i> should be published. Of course, I understand your need to keep Ryzom +</I>"secret" +><i> until it is done, releasable and sellable, so that you can put food on +</I>your +><i> plates (and buy big cars for your Venture Capital people), yet, isn't this +</I>><i> secrecy a violation of the GPL, since Ryzom is GPL'd? +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Wouldn't it be better then, for Nevrax, if NeL was LGPL, and thereby +</I>making +><i> it legal (or rather, in accordance to the GPL) for you to keep Ryzom from +</I>><i> public eyes? +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Just thinking out loud... +</I>><i> +</I>><i> -Kai +</I>><i> _______________________________________________ +</I>><i> Nel mailing list +</I>><i> <A HREF="mailto:Nel@nevrax.org">Nel@nevrax.org</A> +</I>><i> <A HREF="http://www.nevrax.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/nel">http://www.nevrax.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/nel</A> +</I>><i> +</I> + +</pre> + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI> Previous message: <A HREF="000806.html">GPL specifics -- was: [Nel] Gamer question</A></li> + <LI> Next message: <A HREF="000809.html">[Nel] Using GCC? -- was: GPL specifics</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#808">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#808">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#808">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#808">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> +</body></html> |