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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Hi Norman, <div><br></div><div>Thanks for the reply. I did some more looking around, read the GPL license, read wikipedia's overview etc.</div><div><br></div><div>I guess the important bit that is illustrated in the Wikipedia (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" target="_blank" style="font-size: 12pt;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License</a><span style="font-size: 12pt;">), under 'Use of licensed software' is ....</span></div><div><br></div><div>....'<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px;">software running as an application program under a GPL-licensed operating system such as </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux" title="Linux" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px;">Linux</a><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px;"> is not required to be licensed under GPL or to be distributed with source-code availability—the licensing depends only on the used libraries and software components and not on the underlying platform.</span><sup id="cite_ref-portlinux_50-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-family: sans-serif;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License#cite_note-portlinux-50" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[50]</a></sup><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px;"> For example if a program consists only of own original custom software, or is combined with </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_code" title="Source code" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px;">source code</a><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px;"> from other </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_component" title="Software component" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px;">software components</a><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px;">,</span><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-family: sans-serif;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License#cite_note-51" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[51]</a></sup><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px;">then the own custom software components need not be licensed under GPL and need not make their code available; even if the underlying operating system used is licensed under the GPL, applications running on it are not considered derivative works.'</span><br><br>So in our case, we don't have an issue with GPL. Phew! :)</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div>Nick<br><br><div>> Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 15:42:47 +0100<br>> From: norman.feske@...1...<br>> To: genode-main@lists.sourceforge.net<br>> Subject: Re: Genode Userland Licensing<br>> <br>> Hi Nick,<br>> <br>> > Could someone possibly make a definitive comment on this - what is the<br>> > license for any code sitting on top of Genode?<br>> > <br>> > If it's pure GPLv2 then I, for one, am stuck as I will have no control<br>> > on what third parties will place on the application level.<br>> <br>> Genode's regular license is GPLv2, which implies that "derivative work"<br>> inherits the license. So software based on Genode will be Free Software.<br>> This is by intention.<br>> <br>> Note, however, that not all software that runs "on top" of Genode is<br>> "derivative work". For example, the 3rd-party software packages as found<br>> in the ports and libports repositories are hardly to be considered as<br>> such. So there is no single definite answer to your question.<br>> <br>> That said, Genode Labs offers the option to commercially license Genode.<br>> If you think that GPLv2 prevents you from going forward with your plans,<br>> please get in touch via<br>> <br>> licensing@...1...<br>> <br>> Best regards<br>> Norman<br>> <br>> -- <br>> Dr.-Ing. Norman Feske<br>> Genode Labs<br>> <br>> http://www.genode-labs.com · http://genode.org<br>> <br>> Genode Labs GmbH · Amtsgericht Dresden · HRB 28424 · Sitz Dresden<br>> Geschäftsführer: Dr.-Ing. Norman Feske, Christian Helmuth<br>> <br>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>> WatchGuard Dimension instantly turns raw network data into actionable <br>> security intelligence. It gives you real-time visual feedback on key<br>> security issues and trends. 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