newLISP distribution permission?

[HPW]

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>>> Nigel >>>

This answer indicates that the courts have the defining say but that the spirit of the GPL is "that nontrivial dynamic linking creates a combined (i.e. derivative) work". This is why I believe that, without a specific exemption granted by you, a program that non-trivially depends on newlisp should be GPL'ed if distributed.

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Yes, and that is pretty much how I see it too. People who want to distribute their software containng newlisp.exe or newlisp.dll should contact me to get permission.

Is permission per software-title or per developer?

How to contact you? Here or special mail-address?

Has the permission a price?

[nigelbrown]

regarding:

People who want to distribute their software containng newlisp.exe or newlisp.dll should contact me to get permission.



I think that would only apply if newlisp was the only lisp that a program could work with.

If newlisp was included as an option for use in making a plug-in say but not absolutely required

it could be included. Or if another lisp could be used instead that is if the need wasn't absolute (I think).

Nigel

[Lutz]

Licensing would be per title and per distributor, I can be contacted at: lutz@nuevatec.com with the word 'newlisp' or 'consulting' in the subject line of the email. The keyword is important , not to get eaten by my spam filters.



Lutz

[HPW]

Lutz,



I have send you more questions by email.