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*NEW!* Rockbox Font Converter! With GUI!

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AlexP:
I'm no expert, but that then seems to me to say that you need to release the source code under GPLv2+ as you have embedded convbdf which is under the GPLv2+

motionman95:
Are you sure?

cool_walking_:
Does that count?  Isn't that pretty much the same as including convbdf and his program in a ZIP archive together?

EDIT: Hmm.


--- Quote from: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLInProprietarySystem ---However, in many cases you can distribute the GPL-covered software alongside your proprietary system. To do this validly, you must make sure that the free and non-free programs communicate at arms length, that they are not combined in a way that would make them effectively a single program.

The difference between this and “incorporating” the GPL-covered software is partly a matter of substance and partly form. The substantive part is this: if the two programs are combined so that they become effectively two parts of one program, then you can't treat them as two separate programs. So the GPL has to cover the whole thing.
--- End quote ---

I think the way convbdf is embedded makes the font converter effectively one program, thus placing it under the GPL.

motionman95:
I guess so...although, it's not exactly embedded. When you run the program, it extracts the 2 exe's to the user's harddrive, and runs then runs them using a hidden command prompt. Do you think I still should place it under GPL? The earlier rockbox font converter was pretty much the same...

JdGordon:
thats not embedding at all then :) you're fine (i tihnk)...

however... it would be nice to contribute back to the comunity and put up the source with an acceptable license so it could maybe be added into svn and rbutil

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