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Posted by Thomas Wootten on 11/27/05 14:14
Peter wrote:
> opensourcearts@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I am working on an application that is basically a bridge between
>> oscommerce and gallery2 software, with some other functionality.
>>
>> It will allow users to port all of their media from gallery2 into
>> oscommrce, complete with rights definitions and watermarking.
>>
>> I have spent a lot of time on this application, and I am thinking of
>> selling it as part of a bundled package with creloaded and gallery2.
>>
>> All the code and modifications to oscommerce will remain open source
>> with all the licences intact.
>>
>> All the code and modifications to gallery2 will remain open source with
>> all the licenses intact.
>>
>> The code that bridges application will be all original and zend
>> encoded.
>>
>> Can I bundle all three applications together and sell them, each with
>> its own license?
>
> Seems OK, but make it clear you are selling the 'bridge' code only and are
> providing the GPL apps as a courtesy to your customers. As a further
> precaution just in case, supply them on separate CD's or at least so the
> software is not so intermingled that it is difficult to copy off the GPL
> stuff.
It's hard to say. 'mere aggregation' of code on the CD is not a problem.
I think if your code will not RUN without either of oscommerce or gallery2,
it may have to be open sourced. if the respective open source licenses are
incompatible, you may have a problem.
otoh, if what you are doing is effectively a file format converter, and it
can run stand-alone without oscommerce or gallery2 running, although it may
require modifications to said applications to provide the files or
something, then your 'bridge' can be distributed how you like.
the best thing is to ask the fsf.
--
Tom Wootten, Fresher NatSci, Trinity Hall.
oof.trinhall.cam.ac.uk
Working with hyperbolic trig functions is as much fun as being coshed on the
head.
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