[PD-ot] PiDiP inherits GNU GPL from EffecTV

[Marc Lavallée]

Le 6 Janvier 2006 10:59, Hans-Christoph Steiner a écrit :
> FYI: Since PiDiP was started by porting EffecTV to PDP, PiDiP inherits
> EffecTV's GNU GPL license.
>
> http://ydegoyon.free.fr/pidip.html
>
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/effectv/

If it doesn't use EffectTV as modules (external code) and includes source 
code from EffectTV, you're right.

> Such is the infectious nature of the GNU GPL.  While PiDiP might be
> able to be offered with another license, the GNU GPL requires that
> PiDiP is also available under the GNU GPL.

A solution to partialy avoid the GPL would be to release two sets of 
externals: one with the code from EffectTV and the other with the new code.
--
Marc