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[Werner Koch]

On Tue, 18 Jul 2000, Marc Mutz wrote:

> Mirko Kilian wrote:
> > ist es möglich, diese Encrypt-Software per Lizenz mit anderer Software
> > zu vertreiben, wenn ja, unter welchen Voraussetzungen und verbunden mit

> read the file COPYING in the top-level directoy of the source code
> distribution. It contains the text of the GPL and I assume that no-one
> will ever grant you another licence of this piece of fine sw.*

That is not true.  Although I don't like it, there is no legal problem
to distribute GPLed software along with other software as long as you
adhere to the conditions.  The main points are:  You have to
distibute the source along with a binary version, any changes are also
subject to the GPL and you can't link GPLed software to proprietary
software (and even some under some free licenses).  If a GPLed
software runs as it's own process, then in general there is no problem.


  Werner

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