[osflash] Commercial use of OSFlash projects?

[Mark Winterhalder]

> Would there be any way around these issues, if any? Say, obtaining
> permission from the author/paying a commercial use fee? If the source is not
> modified, does the GPL in fact have any effect in this case?

IANAL, but as I understand it, the GPL is more about distribution than
about doing changes. That is, you can change the code all you want as
long as you don't distribute it (i.e., run it on the server, not on
the client). If you distribute it (e.g., as part of a website or CD
ROM project), then you will have to make he changes available.
Even unchanged, there are limitations for distribution -- but better
look for a credible website that knows it better and can explain it
better than I ever could...

Concerning the evilness of the corporation, as a rule of thumb, the
more evil the company the higher the donation to the authors, or your
karma will be burnt and you will spent eternity in a sea of fire.

But again, I'm neither a lawyer nor a religious scholar. :)

Mark


On 9/9/06, Alias™ <aliasrob at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I was wondering - say, for example, I wanted to use part of an OS project in
> a commercial project (say, DENG, for example), what exactly would the legal
> ramifications of this be? Just for the sake of the argument, let's pretend
> it's for some hugely evil corporation, e.g. Microsoft, Phillip Morris, etc.
>
> I know that with stuff released under the Apache licence there is no issue
> with this, but what about the GPL/BSD/other?
>
> Would there be any way around these issues, if any? Say, obtaining
> permission from the author/paying a commercial use fee? If the source is not
> modified, does the GPL in fact have any effect in this case?
>
> Just wondering,
> Alias
>
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