GPL

[Josef 'Jupp' Schugt]

EHLO

* On 2003-02-23 18:00
* Michael Welle <m.welle at gmx.net> wrote:
> die GPL sagt, dass output einer Applikation auch unter der GPL
> steht,wenn "substantial parts of the output are copied (more or
> less) from text in your program".

Du suggerierst, dass es sich bei der Aussage um ein wörtliches Zitat
aus der GPL handelt. Das ist unwahr, es handelt sich um ein Zitat
einer Aussage aus den unter http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html
zu findenden "Frequently Asked Questions about the GNU GPL". Ich
vervollständige das Zitat einmal um die entscheidende Aussage:

| So the only way you have a say in the use of the output is if
| substantial parts of the output are copied (more or less) from text
| in your program. For instance, part of the output of Bison (see
| above) would be covered by the GNU GPL, if we had not made an
| exception in this specific case.

Wenn man das 'see above' befolgt, wird deutlich, worum es geht:

| Some programs copy parts of themselves into the output for
| technical reasons--for example, Bison copies a standard parser
| program into its output file. In such cases, the copied text in the
| output is covered by the same license that covers it in the source
| code. Meanwhile, the part of the output which is derived from the
| program's input inherits the copyright status of the input.
| 
| As it happens, Bison can also be used to develop non-free programs.
| This is because we decided to explicitly permit the use of the
| Bison standard parser program in Bison output files without
| restriction. We made the decision because there were other tools
| comparable to Bison which already permitted use for non-free
| programs.

Deine Fragen dürften damit beantwortet sein, oder?

Josef 'Jupp' Schugt <jupp (at) gmx.de>            http://jupp.tux.nu/