Hi,
I had a hard time finding a forum I might be able to find people who know something about Open Source licences. I hope you guys can help me.
- Is it legal to bundle software with a GPL2 licence with freeware? The company offering the download owns all the rights on both, GPL2 software and freeware.
- Is it legal to only allow the download of GPL2 software after entering a email adress? Again the company owns all the rights on the software.
- Is it legal to not have the source code of the newest build free available? (Maybe it would be available after sending them an email)
It's about a company that claims to offer commercial open source programs. I don't want to name the company yet because I know them too good and they know me.
If you know a better forum for these questions please let me know. I don't want to use mailing lists though.
Benjamin
I had a hard time finding a forum I might be able to find people who know something about Open Source licences. I hope you guys can help me.
- Is it legal to bundle software with a GPL2 licence with freeware? The company offering the download owns all the rights on both, GPL2 software and freeware.
- Is it legal to only allow the download of GPL2 software after entering a email adress? Again the company owns all the rights on the software.
- Is it legal to not have the source code of the newest build free available? (Maybe it would be available after sending them an email)
It's about a company that claims to offer commercial open source programs. I don't want to name the company yet because I know them too good and they know me.
If you know a better forum for these questions please let me know. I don't want to use mailing lists though.
Benjamin