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Author Re: GPL Question : Licensing? GPL? Bundling & Selling Oscommerce/Gallery2/ &
Peter

2005-11-26, 6:56 pm

opensourcearts@gmail.com wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I am working on an application that is basically a bridge between
> oscommerce and gallery2 software, with some other functionality.
>
> It will allow users to port all of their media from gallery2 into
> oscommrce, complete with rights definitions and watermarking.
>
> I have spent a lot of time on this application, and I am thinking of
> selling it as part of a bundled package with creloaded and gallery2.
>
> All the code and modifications to oscommerce will remain open source
> with all the licences intact.
>
> All the code and modifications to gallery2 will remain open source with
> all the licenses intact.
>
> The code that bridges application will be all original and zend
> encoded.
>
> Can I bundle all three applications together and sell them, each with
> its own license?


Seems OK, but make it clear you are selling the 'bridge' code only and are
providing the GPL apps as a courtesy to your customers. As a further
precaution just in case, supply them on separate CD's or at least so the
software is not so intermingled that it is difficult to copy off the GPL
stuff.
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