copyright

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If you see the source code, first there is mentionned 
<nowiki>
**------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ** Sogeti Nederland B.V.            |  No part of this file may be
reproduced  
 ** Distributed Software Engineering |  or transmitted in any form or by
any        
 ** Lange Dreef 17                   |  means, electronic or mechanical,
for the      
 ** 4131 NJ Vianen                   |  purpose, without the express
written    
 ** The Netherlands                  |  permission of the copyright holder.
 *------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</nowiki>

and a bit further

<nowiki>
*   This file is part of OpenGPSTracker.
 *
 *   OpenGPSTracker is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 *   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 *   (at your option) any later version.
 *
 *   OpenGPSTracker is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 *   GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 *   along with OpenGPSTracker.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
</nowiki>

This is a contradiction.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by sander...@gmail.com on 25 May 2010 at 7:17

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First part is the claim of copyrights, although copyright is implicit this 
notice
leaves no doubts about ownership. The second part are the terms and permission 
of
distribution. 

To give permission to distribute/modify one must own the rights to do so first. 
A
good read would be Copyleft versus Free software. Good stuff is at:
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/licenses.html

Original comment by rcgr...@gmail.com on 26 May 2010 at 6:05

• Added labels: OpSys-All, Priority-High, Type-Other
• Removed labels: Priority-Medium, Type-Defect

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Original comment by rcgr...@gmail.com on 26 May 2010 at 6:05

• Changed state: Done

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OK, I get it, in the first part you say you are the owner and nobody can 
distribute
it without your permission. In the second part, you give your permission.

Thanks for your answer, I will use parts of your code to get the project I 
mailed you
about started.

Original comment by sander...@gmail.com on 26 May 2010 at 6:20

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Please take notice that the GPL adds terms on the way you can use the sources. 
Most
notable is that any derived works also need to be made available under the same
license. This sometimes makes the GPL incompatible with some licenses / 
distribution
models.

Original comment by rcgr...@gmail.com on 26 May 2010 at 9:23

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Well, I think I'll only use your source as a base and if the project will be 
made
public, it will be open source (it's my open source passion that let me buy an
android phone). so I have no problem with using a GPL license over another free
software license.

Original comment by sander...@gmail.com on 26 May 2010 at 9:41