From: "narkoz.2008@..." Date: 2012-08-12T04:55:06+09:00 Subject: Re: About GPL license gems --f46d042ef46535485504c702d62a Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Yes, right. On Saturday, August 11, 2012, Panagiotis Atmatzidis wrote: > Hello, > > It's a bit off topic question but I'm sure many of the experienced users > will be able to answer! > > I was reading an article about open source licenses: GPL, LGPL, BSD and > MIT. So from what I understood, if a gem (library) I used in my program in > under GPL, I *must* release my program under the GPL no matter what, is > that correct? > > If the license is of the the gem is BSD or MIT I can use for commercial > and/or free of charge use without restrictions (permissive licenses), right? > > Best Regards, > > Panagiotis Atmatzidis > ----------------------------- > Pharmacy Student at VFU > > email4lists: ml@convalesco.org > More info: http://about.me/atmosx > > The wise man said: "Never argue with an idiot, he brings you down to his > level and beat you with experience." > > > > > > -- -- Nihad Abbasov --f46d042ef46535485504c702d62a Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Yes, right.=C2=A0

On Saturday, August 11, 2012, Panagio= tis Atmatzidis wrote:
Hello,

It's a bit off topic question but I'm sure many of the experienced = users will be able to answer!

=C2=A0I was reading an article about open source licenses: GPL, LGPL, BSD a= nd MIT. So from what I understood, if a gem (library) I used in my program = in under GPL, I *must* release my program under the GPL no matter what, is = that correct?

If the license is of the the gem is BSD or MIT I can use for commercial and= /or free of charge use without restrictions (permissive licenses), right?
Best Regards,

Panagiotis Atmatzidis
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Pharmacy Student at VFU

email4lists: =C2=A0 =C2=A0ml@convalesco.org
More info: =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0http://about.me/atmosx

The wise man said: "Never argue with an idiot, he brings you down to h= is level and beat you with experience."







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