tkm Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 Hi all, Can I use a GNU General Public licensed source code in my company's web site or in-house application? For instance a javascript code with GNU license. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyB Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 Have you read the GPL? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkm Posted January 9, 2008 Author Share Posted January 9, 2008 Yes I tried and what I could make out of it is that the application is intend for Open source application only. Since my company's website is not an open source application, I guess I won't be able to use that piece of code, is that right??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petty_Crim Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 If you sell it then you can't use it, but if you use it in house and aren't selling then its ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkm Posted January 10, 2008 Author Share Posted January 10, 2008 Oh! okay...we are not selling that piece of code..only 'will use in our website and inhouse web application to make it more efficient for the website viewers/users. So I believe I can use it....thank you for your view on this.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petty_Crim Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Oh! okay...we are not selling that piece of code..only 'will use in our website and inhouse web application to make it more efficient for the website viewers/users. So I believe I can use it....thank you for your view on this.... No worries, but you should remember this. Its almost impossible to copyright html or javascript and pretty much everyone borrows from everyone on the internet. Unless you save a website to file and then use it on your own with exactly the same images and everything you don't need to worry about copyright when it comes to html/javascript. In regards to your thing if its in house and your not some massive company and the code isn't copied line by line then you should be fine, its hard to prove you own a particular bit of code when theres millions of websites that use that bit of code lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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