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List:       freeradius-users
Subject:    Re: Licence question
From:       Jon Moore <jonm () isc ! upenn ! edu>
Date:       2004-09-29 19:35:02
Message-ID: A818174B-124E-11D9-BB50-000A95D05C2C () isc ! upenn ! edu
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Alan,

I completely agree. I went back and re-read the discussion, and 
realized that I might have misinterpreted an earlier statement by you. 
(I thought you were claiming he could not distribute a closed-source 
dynamically loaded module, even if that was all he was distributing).

Jon

On Sep 29, 2004, at 3:12 PM, Alan DeKok wrote:

> Jon Moore <jonm@isc.upenn.edu> wrote:
>>  From section 2 of the GPL (regarding the rights to modify the 
>> Program):
>>
>> "These requirements apply to the modified work as a whole.  If
>> identifiable sections of that work are not derived from the Program,
>> and can be reasonably considered independent and separate works in
>> themselves,
>
>   Any module used *in* FreeRADIUS cannot be considered to be
> independent from FreeRADIUS.
>
>   That is, the module is *completely* useless unless it's built as
> part of FreeRADIUS.  It's not a separate application, it's not a
> separate software package, it's intended to be used inside of
> FreeRADIUS.
>
>> So if his module contains no source code from FreeRadius, he can do
>> what he likes with it if he doesn't distribute his module with
>> FreeRadius.
>
>   Certainly.  But if he's not distributing FreeRADIUS, then the
> license terms of FreeRADIUS don't apply.
>
>   If he is distributing FreeRADIUS, then either:
>
>   a) he doesn't include his module, in which case there's no problem.
>
>  or
>
>   b) he does include his module, in which case the license terms apply.
>
>> How does your reading of the license differ?
>
>   IF he's distributing FreeRADIUS as part of a VOIP application suite,
> AND he includes his module, THEN his module MUST be distributed under
> the terms of the FreeRADIUS license.
>
>   IF he's not distributing FeeeRADIUS, THEN he can distribute any
> software he wants under any license he wants.
>
>   Alan DEKok.
>
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Jon Moore
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