> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Cameron [mailto:quozl@US.NETREK.ORG]
>
> If they copied code from something that is licensed under the
> GPL, then their product can't be under a lesser license
> (because that violates the terms of the GPL) and so they
> couldn't "sell" a license to use the product, because the GPL
> grants a license to anybody who meets the terms.
>

They could, with the point that Bob Ammerman made a few minutes ago on this
thread. It is allowed under the GPL to include other portions of code in the
full package which are not covered by GPL. The GPL bits can of course be
re-released (according to GPL), but the whole package thereby cannot.

A possible example of how this could work would be if the Compiler was
GPL'ed, but the linker was proprietary. Then you would have to spend your
$800 on a license for the linker.

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