[REBOL] Re: Distribution
From: ingo:2b1 at: 13-Oct-2003 20:53
Hi Steven,
Steven White wrote:
> JN> If application is created with the SDK, Can it be commercially
> JN> distributed? That is, can that application be sold?
>
> Two related questions, if I may:
>
> 1 of 2: If a person creates an application that requires only the free
> version of REBOL/VIEW, and would like to sell the application, is it OK
> to include with the application the free version of REBOL/VIEW itself as
> a separate item, just to save the customer the trouble of downloading
> and installing it himself?
Long, long ago Carl stated that, if you want to distribute the free
Version of /View, that's fine, but you would have to send your script RT
to be included in the library. I'm not sure this info is still valid, though.
> 2 of 2: If a person sees something in the script library that sparks
> an idea, and develops an application based on it, would it be illegal
> and/or tasteless to sell that application when some of the key work was
> done by someone else who posted it to the script library?
The legal aspect would depend on the scripts copyright. And I expect on
the locality of all involved.
Morally I'd say it's best to ask, or tell the other, if he already gave
permission.
Kind regards,
Ingo
