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I'm not the expert on GPL, but  there are lots of .pdf files out there, but
to use them, you have to download the (free) reader first, but it is now
kind of a standard. Not so complicated for even most PC users..

But it is right for businesses to watch their bottom line. There are too
many lawyers (I'm smiling) out there and they've got to make money.
Personally I think a few companies are going to lead the way.

Plus, giving recognition one way or another to me is not a very complicated
or problematic, in fact it should be standard practice for everybody all the
time, don't you think?

Of course one place I worked at, one guy said he quit putting his name in
the code because somebody always came back to him to ask him about it!! (Not
because he was a bad coder, by the way!)

-- Alan


----- Original Message -----
From: "John Taylor" <jtaylor@rpg2java.com>
To: <rpg400-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 11:02 AM
Subject: Re: IFS in RPG - GPL


> Hi David,
> ....> David, regardless of the actual GLP itself, the very confusion
surrounding
> it's terms of use make the use of GPL software within a business
application
> too risky. In the overall scheme of things, the toolkit itself might
> represent 2-3% of the overall code within a typical business application.
In
> my opinion, the risk far outweighs the potential time saved, so I wouldn't
> touch a GPL toolkit with the proverbial ten foot pole.
>
> Even the requirement for recognition might prove problematic, depending
upon
> what that actually means. Does it mean that I now have to have a "splash"
> screen at the beginning of my application? Does it mean that each display
> screen has to have some type of copyright notice? The devil is always in
the
> details!
>
>
> John Taylor
>
>
>
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