I replied to the message below promising to edit Renderable's README to explicitly declare that I don't consider ZClass subclassing to be a derivative work for the purposes of the GPL. Somehow, I didn't get my reply from the list. But never mind. I went to my folder on Zope.org to edit the README and, surprise! License: ZPL Renderable wasn't even GPL'ed to begin with. And this isn't a mistake; now that I think if it, I clearly remember having chosen the ZPL so that DC folks could easily take the changes and merge them into Zope if they wished. I don't know about you, but after this thread has degenerated into a wholesale flamewar, I find this fact rather amusing. On Tue, Sep 12, 2000 at 03:30:16PM +0200, Nils Kassube wrote:
but the use of GPL'ed source code like e.g. Renderable ZClass in your web site probably means that you're now forced to publish every single bit of source built using the GPL'ed module -- including commercial intranet projects. This can be impossible if you don't own the rights to every single piece of code used in a project.
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