Re: [stella] Is Stella GPL'd? (was StellaX PAL detection)

Subject: Re: [stella] Is Stella GPL'd? (was StellaX PAL detection)
From: "John Saeger" <john@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 07:39:42 -0800
Brad Wrote:

> Also i'm not a lawyer, however, I do not believe the incorporation of
> Ron Fries code makes a program GPL'd.  Ron's code is licensed under the
> LGPL (not the GPL).  The LGPL is a library license which basically says
> you have allow people to recompile/rebuild the program that uses the
> LGPL library.  It doesn't state that the resulting program MUST be
> released under the GPL or LGPL licenses like the GPL does.

You are probably right about this.  For some reason I never noticed the
*library* in the Ron Fries GPL notice.

John


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