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<div><font face="verdana">Thanks. That answers the question (that is, SB frontend *has* to continue under v2 of GPL).</font></div>
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<div><font face="verdana">So I guess I need to contact the third party author and send him this list of compatible licenses: </font><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#GPLCompatibleLicenses" target="_blank"><font face="verdana">http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#GPLCompatibleLicenses</font></a><font face="verdana"> (asking him to look at the ones that are compatible with version 2 GPL)</font></div>
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<div><font face="verdana">If the third party code license can fit anything in the above list, then I think I can use it. </font></div>
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/16/09, <b class="gmail_sendername">Chris Little</b> <<a href="mailto:chrislit@crosswire.org">chrislit@crosswire.org</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"><span class="q"><br><br>DM Smith wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">mmital wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Hi,<br> I have been using Alkitab bible study lately. Fantastic piece of software, truly amazing.<br> I also noticed that it is in public domain, while using sword engine that is in GPL v2, and other components that may have their own license (<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/LICENSE-alkitab.txt" target="_blank">http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/LICENSE-alkitab.txt</a>)<br>
My question is: Am I permitted to release future versions of SwordBible under public domain? The reason is that I want to continue to use the sword library that is under GPL, while also making use of third party components that may not be under GPL (with the permissions from their respective copyright holders).<br>
Can this be done? Thanks for the clarifications.<br></blockquote>I can't answer for the SWORD library.<br></blockquote><br></span>You probably could have spoken for The SWORD Project. :) But I'll make it explicit.<br>
<br>Sword (the C++ library) is GPLv2 only (not GPL3, not PD, not BSD, etc.) and any software using Sword must, obligatorily be GPLv2. Personally, I like GPLv2 and wouldn't want us to change, but we're at a point where it's not even a choice that is open to us. We use code from 3rd parties that is GPL licensed, so we are as much obliged to use GPLv2 for Sword as you and other front end authors are obliged to use GPLv2 if you use Sword.<br>
<br>I recognize that there are those who would like other licenses for very valid reasons, but it's really not an option to Sword to license under licenses other than GPL.<br><span class="sg"><br>--Chris</span>
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