From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.68.95.100 with SMTP id dj4mr5652244pbb.9.1420494695288; Mon, 05 Jan 2015 13:51:35 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.140.34.206 with SMTP id l72mr832149qgl.0.1420494695020; Mon, 05 Jan 2015 13:51:35 -0800 (PST) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.glorb.com!h15no13752igd.0!news-out.google.com!n9ni77qai.0!nntp.google.com!bm13no3477123qab.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2015 13:51:34 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <8a1733a8-8d68-4a60-a47e-169b86d578d5@googlegroups.com> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=206.53.78.59; posting-account=ShYTIAoAAABytvcS76ZrG9GdaV-nXYKy NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.53.78.59 References: <0Kgqw.953330$_k.685364@fx16.iad> <199c826a-923e-497f-a8e2-9e732c8a5665@googlegroups.com> <87bnmetex4.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org> <4ae7f0d5-d681-4be9-95bc-b5e789b3ad40@googlegroups.com> <87tx06rve6.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org> <87lhlirpk0.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org> <8a1733a8-8d68-4a60-a47e-169b86d578d5@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <7ce132c7-d640-4a4f-a4cf-701fb306bc8b@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: What is the best license to use for open source software? From: sbelmont700@gmail.com Injection-Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 21:51:35 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:24383 Date: 2015-01-05T13:51:34-08:00 List-Id: On Monday, January 5, 2015 3:45:48 PM UTC-5, David Botton wrote: >=20 > If I decide to integrate the software I write with any of the other softw= are, drivers or equipment in my office I _will_ be in violation of the GPL= even if I don't distribute the binaries. If they are not "GPL" compatible. >=20 A license is an agreement between two parties: you and the person you distr= ibute the software to. If you don't distribute the program, then no licens= e exists, and certainly no violations thereof. License 'incompatibilities' = only refer to how it can be RE-licensed, not used (well, normally. A licen= se can say absolutely anything at all).