[Tox Support] About licenses of using toxcore for a free public applicaton

[Nocs ...]

Thanks for the response nurupo :/

its a bit of disaponting the GPLv3 issue.

Which of tox devs knows best what i can do about the license cause i need to use it somehow in my application but for free public use and i

really don`t want to make it open source but its free.

Is there anyone in tox devs that knows if i can do something else since i only use the core unafected ?

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From: nurupo <nurupo at tox.chat>
Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2017 1:51:43 PM
To: Nocs ...
Cc: support at lists.tox.chat
Subject: Re: [Tox Support] About licenses of using toxcore for a free public applicaton

Hello,

toxcore is licensed under GPLv3, as seen in
https://github.com/TokTok/c-toxcore/blob/master/COPYING, so to use
toxcore in your application you have to comply with the terms of the
GPLv3 license.

> The application is a free in all its services but not an open source
> code application.

Afaik, GPL license requires you to release your application under GPL
license and provide the full source code of your application to your
users. There should be no difference if you link it statically or
dynamically. You are probably thinking of LGPL, which has a linking
clause.

I might be mistaking though, I have only basic understanding of licenses
and by no means am I an expert in them. There are professionals in the
legal field which deal with licensing, they should be able to help you
with understanding licenses.

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Regards,
nurupo

On 2017-11-15 17:50, Nocs ... wrote:
> Hello toxers,
>
> its been a long time and since i am on the latest test of some
> application of mine that uses tox-core shared library i wanted to ask
> you
>
> about the license of toxcore.
>
> Do i need to place anything on my application as text, inside or
> outisde as a file if i make my application public ?
>
> The application is a free in all its services but not an open source
> code application.
>
> I haven`t modified any code inside tox i only use the tox-core as is
> from the shared library and i use the code and functions i need from
> inside it.
>
> What kind of license thing does tox need to be inside my app and how
> can i use it if anything is needed ?
>
> Thanks in advance
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