programD license GPL or LGPL, and is there any commercial license?

> Program D has been released under the GNU Public
> Licence, GPL. This licence
> allows for commercial use if that is what you are
> interested in.
>
>  
>
> Regards,
>
>  
>
> Anne.
>
>  
>
>   _____  
>
> Van: Amit On [mailto:Amit.On@...]
> Verzonden: donderdag 11 januari 2007 10:31
> Aan: programd@...
> Onderwerp: [programd] programD license GPL or
> LGPL,and is there any
> commercial license?
>
>  
>
> Hello,
>
> I was wondering if ProgramD license is GPL/LGPL...
> and if there exists a
> Commercial license for it?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Amit On: NeuStar
>
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> What Mehri says is in principle true, if you modify
> Program D source code
> and then make the 'binaries' publicly available you
> also have to make the
> amended source code available under the original
> licence, in this case GPL.
> Quite a few other 'open source' licenses work with
> similar constructions.  
>
> However, I do not agree with his statement that
> *any* and *all*
> modifications to GPL source code have to be made
> available or can be
> demanded from the author. This is simply not true. I
> would like to refer to
> the same source as Mehri where this is clearly
> explained:
>

>
> The number of ways someone can commercially exploit
> software that was
> released under the GNU Public Licence is limited,
> but it can be done. If you
> plan on doing so, please contact the GNU
> organisation or a lawyer with a
> good reputation in these matters to advise you on
> the pitfalls.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Anne Kootstra
>
>  
>
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: mehri [mailto:foreverlinux@...]
> Verzonden: dinsdag 16 januari 2007 22:21
> Aan: Program D
> Onderwerp: RE: [programd] programD license GPL or
> LGPL,and is there any
> commercial license?
>
> > Program D has been released under the GNU Public
> > Licence, GPL. This licence
> > allows for commercial use if that is what you are
> > interested in.
>
> If you use GPL code in your code then you have to
> license your code as GPL and release the source of
> your code though.
>
> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html 
>
>
> --- Anne Kootstra <anne@...> wrote:
>
> > Program D has been released under the GNU Public
> > Licence, GPL. This licence
> > allows for commercial use if that is what you are
> > interested in.
> >
> >  
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> >  
> >
> > Anne.
> >
> >  
> >
> >   _____  
> >
> > Van: Amit On [mailto:Amit.On@...]
> > Verzonden: donderdag 11 januari 2007 10:31
> > Aan: programd@...
> > Onderwerp: [programd] programD license GPL or
> > LGPL,and is there any
> > commercial license?
> >
> >  
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I was wondering if ProgramD license is GPL/LGPL...
> > and if there exists a
> > Commercial license for it?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Amit On: NeuStar
> >
> > Software Architect
> > [ M ] +972(0)525222810     [ T ] +972(0)48142232  
>  
> > [ F ] +972(0)48 550 395
> > [ W ] www.followap.com / www.neustar.biz
> >
> >  
> >
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> true, if you modify
>   Program D source code and then make the 'binaries'
> publicly available
>   you also have to make the amended source code
> available under the
>   original licence, in this case GPL. Quite a few
> other 'open source'
>   licenses work with similar constructions. [...]
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