Re: about GNU GPL

[Lucas Clemente Vella <lvella triang com br>]

musicinsect_2000 wrote:
>    Even now I still don't understand if I use a purely free develop tool such 
> as GTK to write a software, can I sale it? My sofeware is wrote by myself or 
> my company without other's GPL code,  is my sofeware privatel own?
>    Use a free toolkit to develop a sofeware , it doesn't mean my product is 
> free or GPL,isn't it?
I suggest you to search in www.gnu.org first.
If you use a GPL library, you have to put under the GPL license all the 
programs you made whit it, othewise, your program will be illegal.
But if you use a LGPL (Lesser GPL) library, you can make your program 
proprietary. I don't remember if the GKT is under the GPL or LGPL, look 
in www.gtk.org.
If you make your program GPL, you can sell it legally, but you HAVE to 
distribute the source together. Free Software does not mean Freeware.

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Lucas Clemente Vella
lvella@triang.com.br