[Zope] Zope Products and proprietary software

[David H]

Andrew Milton wrote:

>+-------[ Marco Bizzarri ]----------------------
>| Hi all.
>| 
>| I would like to know if someone can provide infos on the following topic:
>| 
>| we have developed OpenFlow, which is released under GPL.
>| 
>| A company is distributing a proprietary product based on Zope and OpenFlow.
>| 
>| I suspect that if they want to do so, they should have a different
>| licence from us.
>| 
>| Can someone provide further insight?
>
>If they are distributing a codebase that is derived from OpenFlow then that
>part of the code has to be released as GPL. The GPL is pretty specific about
>derivative products.
>
>You are probably best to go to the FSF with the exact details, they will most
>likely be able to advise you better.
>
>  
>
what the FSF is FSF?  :-)