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

[☣Adam]

It'd have to be a separate application with some interprocess communication
(IPC) mechanism. For example, on POSIX systems, there is sendmsg().

Always make sure to understand the terms of the license *before* using
someone else's code. It's a lot easier to deal with up front than at the
end.



On Nov 16, 2017 09:54, "Nocs ..." <nocos30 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 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 ?
> ------------------------------
> *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.
>
> ---
> 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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