[Xapian-discuss] license question

[Jim Lynch]

First, I'm not a lawyer.  Gotta get that out in the open.

If all you are going to do is use a GPL licensed product and not try to 
resell or redistribute it, then you are permitted to do so.  You can 
even modify it for your own use as long you don't distribute the 
modified product.  Once you start selling it or including it in a 
package you redistribute, you'll have to identify the parts that are 
licensed under the GPL to your customers and offer the source of the 
GPLed components to them.

That's my take on GPL anyway.

Jim.
james cauwelier wrote:

> hi everybody,
>
> I am thinking of using xapian on a website framework to have some 
> advanced search capabilities.  This system would be commercial and 
> partially closed source.  Does the GPL license allow this?  Nothing is 
> being changed to xapian.
>
> I have already read the GPL, but I just don't know if this is allowed 
> under the GPL license.
>
> Can somebody help me out with this?
>
> thank you,
> james
>
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