[sword-devel] Bereans and Sword and GPL vs PD

Brook Humphrey sword-devel@crosswire.org
Sun, 14 Dec 2003 21:31:25 -0800


On Sunday 14 December 2003 08:56 pm, Lynn Allan wrote:
> Philippians 1:12-18 seems, to me, to strongly indicate we shouldn't care
> whether this does or doesn't happen. I think people are missing the point
> of my original eMail: what is Biblical guidance on this question? WWJD?

I dont really care or else I would not program in gpl. That however was not my 
question. And again to the rest of your email it is not really a matter of 
what crosswire does with the gpl but rather what does the gpl say. If you 
dont exercise the right to your license you loose the right. That is hte best 
understanding of copyright law and I'm no lawyer. I have just seen others 
doing this kind of thing. 

You make it clear that you believe that something about the gpl goes against 
the bible? Unless i misunderstand you? At any rate there is nothing that 
could be done about it anyway as there is others gpl code used as chris 
pointed out. This whole argument is rather moot.

The gpl simply states that if you base your work on a gpl project it has to be 
gpl period. 

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