Posted by
Frederick Ross on
May 16, 2007; 11:53pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/sell-ImageJ-tp3699427p3699430.html
On 5/15/07, Gabriel Landini <
[hidden email]> wrote:
> On Tuesday 15 May 2007 13:45:55 Adrian Daerr wrote:
> A very large number of IJ plugins have been released under GPL. This means that if one modifies them or uses code from them, one is bound to release the derived code too.
> Since the java classes can be de-compiled quite easily, any infringment would be quite obvious.
...and the design is also often quite obvious. For instance, my code
feels a lot like LISP in how I organize functions (with all the higher
order functions unrolled).
I'm one of those who releases code under GPL, and I would be
distinctly not amused. ImageJ's core is public domain (I think this is
probably a mistake, but I'm of the generation that grew up with the
GPL), but you have to abide by the individual license of every plugin
that you include, call, or borrow code from. The free software world
has a long memory for infractions like this, and it can get really
ugly. Better to sell your services, and provide your client and the
world with your source code.
--
Frederick Ross
Graduate Fellow, (|Siggia> + |McKinney>)/sqrt(2) Lab
The Rockefeller University
Je ne suis pas Fred Cross!