Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 31 Oct 2001 16:44:04 -0200 (BRST) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: Module Licensing? |
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On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Larry McVoy wrote:
> I think another way to look at it might be: if you extend a GPLed > program using well defined interfaces, you can probably get away with > not GPLing your code.
> On the other hand, if you're in there changing how an existing GPLed > program works, and there isn't any way to pull your stuff out cleanly, > then you are definitely stuck with the GPL. And that's as it should > be, you are in GPLed code.
Fully agreed. From what I read, Timur is somewhere halfway between these points and I'm not sure he can get away with not GPLing his work the way he does things now...
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