Using OpenSource software in closed source componies (how ?)

[Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda]

Hi Boris,
on his Haifux talk about legal issues, this is a tricky subject. The FSF
compliance lab team ( http://www.fsf.org/licensing/team) supplies paid
counseling for companies which wish to do what you want.
The tricky thing is the intent of the license. As I understand, even if you
follow the license to the letter, but not to the spirit, a judge may rule
against you in court.
I am not saying you can't do this, just that you need to legally verify your
steps carefully (linux-il does not count).

Another thing Yoni said is that when you add exceptions etc. to the GPL, you
take away freedoms, and it makes GPLv3 null and void. You have a special
place where you can add non-legal personal statements, and that's it.

Orna.

2009/11/19 Boris Shtrasman <borissh1983 at gmail.com>

> Howdy ,
>
> I'm a foss  developer ,so i prefer to use tested techniques and good
> software.
> recently i found myself in a problem:
> I'm reimplementing good Foss solutions (parts of rsyslog , nmap , etc ... )
>
> I can speed up my work (C++ developer) by using allready created GPLv3 and
> MIT
> software.
>
> As i see i need to use rsync (any variant) in closed source project in the
> next manner:
> application A calls rsync to upload to a file to remote server.
> (it is GPLv3 license afaik).
>
> Reading the license i didn't get a definitive answer.
>
> So when in need to develop with close source what is the way to use GPL
> tools
> ?
> As in plain binaries (no use in source code or  source encapsulation).
>
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