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cheerios · 01-29-2004, 02:39 PM

well, your options pretty much consist of
#1: writing your own code
#2: finding a non-gpl solution

gpl is written in such a way that it encourages open-source projects. people wouldn't donate to something that would just turn around and make some corporation money... the gpl is set up so that if you use a gpl component, the result has to be released gpl as well, encouraging open-source contributions. That's not gonna work for you, and you won't be using GPL open-source code at work. There are other free-ware licenses out there, and other places to find software, so don't give up on open-source immeadiately, but well... you're pretty well stuck there.

01-29-2004, 02:39 PM	#2 (permalink)
cheerios Banned Location: 'bout 2 feet from my iMac	well, your options pretty much consist of #1: writing your own code #2: finding a non-gpl solution gpl is written in such a way that it encourages open-source projects. people wouldn't donate to something that would just turn around and make some corporation money... the gpl is set up so that if you use a gpl component, the result has to be released gpl as well, encouraging open-source contributions. That's not gonna work for you, and you won't be using GPL open-source code at work. There are other free-ware licenses out there, and other places to find software, so don't give up on open-source immeadiately, but well... you're pretty well stuck there.