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Not only that, but it's marked as GPL but the author says in the FAQ that they want to avoid sharing source or "inheriting" the license. Yet it apparently uses
by Kliment 9y ago
Not only that, but it's marked as GPL but the author says in the FAQ that they want to avoid sharing source or "inheriting" the license. Yet it apparently uses GPL code.
- jacquesm 9y agoPlenty of projects use GPL'd code but do not release the resulting product. It all depends on how it is put together whether or not that is in compliance with the GPL or not. Hard to say without having access to the resulting binaries.
- Kliment 9y agoYeah, that's fine, but the tone of the FAQ answers suggests the author is trying to avoid compliance anyway
- jacquesm 9y agoFrom reading it several times it does not appear that authors first language is English and it could very well be that either his understanding of the GPL is somewhat lacking or that he is not capable of wording his stance in a clear way. The technical parts are all very lucid but the rest is not. I'd give him the benefit of the doubt until there is a product that can be evaluated.
- Kliment 9y agoThat's reasonable. I think I just got somewhat annoyed to see a project with "open" in its name and GPL as its license, and then hit a brick wall.