@GeorgeMarian I thought that was only true for L GPL. I hope I am wrong!
> I'd like to incorporate GPL-covered software in my proprietary system. Can I do this?
> You cannot incorporate GPL-covered software in a proprietary system. The goal of the GPL is to grant everyone the freedom to copy, redistribute, understand, and modify a program. If you could incorporate GPL-covered software into a non-free system, it would have the effect of making the GPL-covered software non-free too.
> A system incorporating a GPL-covered program is an extended version of that program. The GPL says that any extended version of the program must be released under the GPL if it is released at all. This is for two reasons: to make sure that users who get the software get the freedom they should have, and to encourage people to give back improvements that they make.
Oh. I am wrong, thank goodness, @TimStone is right:
> A company is running a modified version of a GPL'ed program on a web site. Does the GPL say they must release their modified sources?
> The GPL permits anyone to make a modified version and use it without ever distributing it to others. What this company is doing is a special case of that. Therefore, the company does not have to release the modified sources.
> It is essential for people to have the freedom to make modifications and use them privately, without ever publishing those modifications. However, putting the program on a server machine for the public to talk to is hardly “private” use, so it would be legitimate to require release of the source code in that special case. Developers who wish to address this might want to use the GNU Affero GPL for programs designed for network server use.
The part I rembered before was:
> However, putting the program on a server machine for the public to talk to is hardly “private” use, so it would be legitimate to require release of the source code in that special case.
@TheRenamedException @TimStone - If I have to distribute any .js files / HTML files that use Ext.js then this is ok ... this is done anyway isn't it lol
I don't think that JavaScript really counts as "releasing" the software, since it's just an implementation detail...but that might be an area of contention.
@TimStone - I am almost hard-line open-source in terms of community spirit, but commercially I need to know what the score is before I code a whole ton using a .js UI TK
I still feel my position about this issue is correct based on the actual terms of the GPL, but I had forgotten that the Ext JS people explicitly spell out this scenario on their site.
I'm not an expert in software licensing (hell, i'm not even a proper programmer) but I think you're not violating the GPLv3 terms, and my reasons are:
Your program is not based on ExtJS, it's used as an external library.
You're not making modifications or redistributions of that software. In th...
Yeah, but they're FSF members, so they'll say "No, this is how the GPL is supposed to be."
Licensing is always a problem area for me. On the one hand, I think it's wrong that you could be so generous as to contribute code to the community at large and then someone comes along, wraps it up in a thin layer of code, and tries to sell off what was majorily your hard work. On the other hand, I want to get paid for working hard on certain things that I code, and I don't see that being practical if I have to release the source code into the open for everything that I do.
It'd be way too easy for some much larger company to scoop up the software and cash in on the hosting/support dollars just because of their size, so it's not like that's a viable route if everyone can do whatever with the code.
It's a problem for us also. We are a small company and our intuitive UI design is what sets us apart. If we had to give that away, we'd be out of business
I mean, yes, we give you the source code. But you don't have the right to modify it
i'm quite suprised my personal domain is NOT expired ... apparently i bought it for like 5 years and only let the hosting expire when i was bored with it
SO is a great website, but it's easy to misuse it and and get sucked in. That is bad for productivity. Just ask the folks over at chat.
As for calling a Server Admin names - I advise you not to. It will just upset them and get you in trouble. I can assure you that it won't accomplish what you wa...
I have access to edit tag wikis even though I do not have the 20k required to attain the privledge or the required bronze tag.
A tag wiki I created: lighttpd, yet I only currently have 19765 rep, do not have the bronze in that tag, and am shown on the privileges page as not having the privilege.
Hi. I'm trying to do the following:
I have the url:
http://www.example.com/9999
and I want it to seamlessly redirect to:
http://www.example.com/page.php?id=4999
Can regular expressions in mod_rewrite do maths?
Hrm. Was there really a bug there though @waffles? My understanding was its previous purpose was simply for spam/offensive flags and that now the badge criteria has been changed.
I want to create an application for the security guards to check the person whether he has some illegal material or not. So thats why i want to ask can i trace the human body and see what he put on there body. If yes then how can we do this. Please help if you know about this. I have doing lots o...
@Reno There's one with a light saber sound for the iPhone :) And a colleague downloaded an app yesterday which says it reads your heart rate if you put your finger on the camera ;)
In fairness, the StackOverflow seed audience has pretty much run its course now for new SE sites. So social networking (and google) are the only way we're going to get new people in. Robert has said as much:
> The days of successfully creating sites solely from existing audience that frequents Area 51 are just about over. The original Stack Overflow-driven crowd is all but tapped out of interests; that is to say, any site that was going to be created by that audience has already been created.
How do you include the title for an image in markdown? (a la xkcd)
Interesting, written example of the l/r difficulty for japanese, I'd never stopped to think that it isn't just a question of pronunciation, but of hearing (though I should know better):
This is an established use of the word sport; it is fairly informal, so I wouldn't write it in an academic paper, but it is not particularly unusual.
The relevant definition of the transitive verb, sport, from Merriam-Webster:
to display or wear usually ostentatiously : boast. "sporting expe...
@Benjol Huh, interesting. I've always thought it was a problem with pronunciation too, though in Chinese pinyin has two distinct r and l sound, they're nothing like what English has
It's almost bizarre how his comments are almost spelled entirely correctly except for those l/r mix up
@YiJiang, when I was in France I quickly realised that the key to being able to pronounce something is actually being able to hear the difference. It's quite frustrating when you realise that people are saying what to them are two completely different sounds, and you can't tell the difference :)
@YiJiang That's what got me thinking, I even wondered if it was trolling, but it doesn't seem like it.
In French there are several, the difference between 'ou' and 'u', between 'an' and 'on'. On the other hand, they can't here the difference between ship and sheep, (or sheet and ...)
@balpha Not sure if you're the right person to ask, but it seems like now only 20k users have tag wiki edit privileges; the old 2k + top 20 or 100 upvotes system seems to be disabled now
I made a couple of changes that may help alleviate this problem.
We suppress the queue notification if there are fewer than 5 pending items in the queue
20k users can approve all tag wiki changes
I agree it makes sense hiding the items, however it is a reasonably expensive calculation that I...
but I don't think anyone has complained yet, so you'll have to do that :)
I'm not an expert in software licensing (hell, i'm not even a proper programmer) but I think you're not violating the GPLv3 terms, and my reasons are:
Your program is not based on ExtJS, it's used as an external library.
You're not making modifications or redistributions of that software. In th...
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I have access to edit tag wikis even though I do not have the 20k required to attain the privledge or the required bronze tag.
A tag wiki I created: lighttpd, yet I only currently have 19765 rep, do not have the bronze in that tag, and am shown on the privileges page as not having the privilege.
Hi. I'm trying to do the following:
I have the url:
http://www.example.com/9999
and I want it to seamlessly redirect to:
http://www.example.com/page.php?id=4999
Can regular expressions in mod_rewrite do maths?
This is an established use of the word sport; it is fairly informal, so I wouldn't write it in an academic paper, but it is not particularly unusual.
The relevant definition of the transitive verb, sport, from Merriam-Webster:
to display or wear usually ostentatiously : boast. "sporting expe...
I made a couple of changes that may help alleviate this problem.
We suppress the queue notification if there are fewer than 5 pending items in the queue
20k users can approve all tag wiki changes
I agree it makes sense hiding the items, however it is a reasonably expensive calculation that I...
