Author: Alessandro Scotti
Date: 11:09:40 09/17/05
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On September 17, 2005 at 10:51:04, Norm Pollock wrote: >I do not understand much of the legalities of open source code under the GNU GPL >licensing. > >Fruit 2.1 had open source code. Now most of that code is going to be used >commercially with closed code. How is that legally possible? Fruit code belongs to Fabien, who can do whatever he wishes with it. One of the things he did up to version 2.1 is to allow others to use his code as long as they complied with the GPL. >Toga II used a lot of Fruit 2.1 open source code and it itself is open source >code. Can the author of Toga II use parts of this code to make his own closed >code commercial program? He can certainly use his own code in a commercial and closed-source program, however he can't use anything that is part of the published Fruit code, because to use that he has to accept the GPL, so he can't close his code anymore.
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