mikshaw
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Posted: June 19 2008,01:16 |
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Quote (roberts @ ,) | DSL was and is promoting murgaLua. | It seems that Murga may be correct about GPL section 3, as it states "Accompany it with". I have not seen DSL 4.4 yet, but I have never seen any actual written notice within DSL that offers sources for anything. Perhaps "accompany" is not necessarily the same as "include", though.
Quote (chaostic @ ,) | Wait, isn't the mugralua bindings that dsl uses mostly un-interactive? | I was thinking the same thing. Since it has been (I assume) made into a Lua module, it is Lua itself that is interactive. I don't understand how the modules work, though, so I'm just guessing.
Quote (JohnMurga @ ,) | It is intelectual property theft ... I take that seriously. | "Intellectual Property" is a myth perpetuated by commercial software vendors as a way to protect profits. Information is intangible and cannot be owned.
Quote (JohnMurga @ ,) | I was hoping to calm down by engaging the community, but lucky has ensured that didn't happen. | He has that effect on many of us from time to time =o)
It seems to me that the main issue is not that the software has been modified and redistributed (which is perfectly acceptible under GPL), but that it was redistributed without including the original copyright notice or written offer to supply the source. As I said, I haven't seen it yet, but it should also state that it is a modification and when it was modified.
Since there are obviously at least two interpretations of the GPL at work here, I'd have to say that the letter of the license is _not_ clear after all. Does "accompany" actually mean "include on the same disk", or could it be interpreted as "include on the same server with the disk"? My thought is the former is at least the safest path to take, and I'm honestly surprised that the notice to which lucky linked earlier is not already on the disk, sitting next to /usr/share/doc/License/GNUGPL
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