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From: | John W. Eaton |
Subject: | Re: Quick Question about GNU Octave using |
Date: | Mon, 9 Jul 2018 11:52:34 -0400 |
User-agent: | Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.8.0 |
On 07/09/2018 11:38 AM, Ian McCallion wrote:
Another possible interpretation of "Commercial Use" is a product that is sold but depends on Octave to work and the user is instructed to install Octave before trying to use the product.I assume this is allowed.
I'm not a lawyer, but as I understand, it depends on the details and whether the product is a derivative work of Octave. The method of distribution doesn't really matter. If a product actually "depends on Octave to work" then that sounds like a derivative work of Octave to me.
Also, whether the product is sold or not is irrelevant. The GPL does not prohibit commercial activities. It prohibits creating proprietary derivative works.
jwe
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