From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 18800 invoked by alias); 15 Nov 2001 15:13:12 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gsl-discuss-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gsl-discuss-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 18653 invoked from network); 15 Nov 2001 15:13:09 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chakra.spb.cityline.ru) (212.46.192.29) by sourceware.cygnus.com with SMTP; 15 Nov 2001 15:13:09 -0000 Received: from hungry.spb.cityline.ru (hungry.spb.cityline.ru [212.46.192.3]) by chakra.spb.cityline.ru (8.11.2/8.8/CL) with ESMTP id fAFF8qU88645; Thu, 15 Nov 2001 18:08:53 +0300 (MSK) Received: from smartquant.com (p0177.spl.euronet.nl [194.134.67.177]) by hungry.spb.cityline.ru (8.11.2/8.8/CL) with ESMTP id fAFF8A922705; Thu, 15 Nov 2001 18:08:10 +0300 (MSK) Message-ID: <3BF3DA99.B884AEBF@smartquant.com> Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2001 02:37:00 -0000 From: Anton Fokin X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (WinNT; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Brian Gough CC: smartquant@yahoogroups.com, gsl-discuss@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: [smartquant] Re: GPL license violation? [GNU Scientific Library] References: <200111132351.PAA25299@eskimo.com> <5.1.0.14.2.20011114103720.00a91ec0@mail.ametrano.net> <3BF24DB0.D9A17D@smartquant.com> <15346.28894.817806.402836@debian> <15346.55014.338864.444835@debian> <3BF38A36.613FBC7B@smartquant.com> <15347.55350.938075.320053@debian> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SW-Source: 2001-q4/txt/msg00017.txt.bz2 Message-ID: <20011110023700.8kl_WaTrKN8eDL31NEg5eRhc_YfVqzvcRz58Ak2yhds@z> Kevin, could you ask for a legal advise for us ? :) Cheers, Anton Brian Gough wrote: > Anton Fokin writes: > > Not exactly, see lines from GPL FAQ. Moreover, if I distribute libGSL under > > GPL (or whatever compatible license) together with R-Quant kernel which is > > not under GPL, would it solve your problem? > > I'll just have to refer you to my previous message and say it is your > responsiblity to comply with the license of GSL when redistributing > any related software --- you may want to take legal advice in case of > any doubt. Since your project is not free software I can't offer any > specific advice apart from that. The safest option is not to use GSL > in non-free projects. > > regards, > -- > Brian Gough > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Network Theory Ltd Phone: +44 (0)117 3179309 > 15 Royal Park WWW: http://www.network-theory.co.uk/ > Clifton Email: bjg@network-theory.co.uk > Bristol BS8 3AL > ----------------------------------------------------------------------