Rev/Livecode project and GPL Licenses

[Chip Thomas]

This might give you some ideas http://qery.us/pb

Thanks! <http://qery.us/pb>
<http://qery.us/pb>

In which way is your project going to be delivered to your customers? Is
your project going to be distributed commercially?

Our project with be delivered via download, and it will be distributed
commercially.


Do you have a project you're thinking of deploying under the GPL? If so,
what are you goals in doing so?

We are not GPL’ing a project, we are checking into distributing commercial
software along with a code library that is GPL- if it’s possible without
violating the GPL license.


On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 5:37 PM, Richard Gaskin
<ambassador at fourthworld.com>wrote:

> Chip Thomas wrote:
>
>  I am wondering if anyone on this list has shipped a Rev/Livecode project
>> that communicated with a code library released under the GPL license, and
>> if
>> so, your reasons for making your LiveCode project GPL or non-GPL.
>>
>>
>> The GPL license is clear that it is possible to have closed-source
>> commercial code work with GPL licensed code in a way that does not violate
>> the terms of the GPL license, the only thing is, it does not make the
>> parameters altogether clear, to me anyway.
>>
>
> Volumes have been written about the GPL and FOSS in general.  Big topic,
> with many implications.
>
> Do you have a project you're thinking of deploying under the GPL?
> If so, what are you goals in doing so?
>
> GPL can be a great option if it's what you need, but there are so many
> licenses available, and of course the creator of a work can define any terms
> he chooses, so it can be difficult to offer any brief recommendation one way
> or another without some details.
>
> While looking at different licensing options a few months ago for a project
> I'd considered possibly GPL'ing, I came across one tip that may be useful:
>
> It's easier to convert proprietary code to GPL than the other way around,
> so if you have any questions about whether to use GPL it may be prudent to
> consider more closed terms at first until those questions are answered.  You
> can always change it later.
>
> --
>  Richard Gaskin
>  Fourth World
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