Am I allowed to package and distribute Closed-source software in the same zip as Open-source GPL software or is it against the rules?
Only if the closed source proprietary software has no dependency or relation to the GPL'd software.
>>54352253
It interacts with the GPL software and calls on it to extract metadata from files but is not connected to the GPL program's code.
>>54352293
That's risky. I honestly wouldn't
>>54352293
Communicating with GPL'd software is fine as long as you're communicating over existing interfaces and not linking it.
>>54352335
pretty sure this is the case, it's not used as a library, and you're using "external" interfaces, as a human would use also
just keep in mind you're still distributing the gpl'd software as well, so you need to include the license text
>>54352335
>>54352293
For more information: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLInProprietarySystem
As long as you can reasonably establish that both software applications are indeed entirely separate, you do not violate the GPL.
>>54352218
I don't get this picture
>>54352218
Isn't that what Red Hat does?
>>54352372
Windows XP CD-ROM in the A:\ drive, what's confusing about that?
>>54352372
>please insert /CD/ into drive /A:/
A: is conventionally the (first) floppy drive of the system, so the photographer thought it'd be funny to shove the CD into the floppy drive, as errornously requested
>>54352459
I always wondered why the hard drive always started at C.
>>54352537
yep, A: = floppy drive 1, B: = floppy drive 2, when hdd's came along, C:.
while there's no technical restriction on which letter is used by any particular drive (you can make a floppy drive C: or a hdd B: if you like)
but they were reserved like this early on as early software assumed this convention
>>54352218
readme.txt
dear user, please realize that 'the stuff i made' is open blah blah, but that the 'proprietary shit' is closed blah blah. legally you need to have a valid license to use it even with this open shit. do not use unless you obtain license. if you already have license, it's packaged within for your convenience. enjoy.
>>54352569
oh yea, there's also the convention that the first cd drive is D:, as most machines only had one hdd, making a cd drive always show up as D:
some software since assumed the cd drive is D:, but not as often as the A:/B: assumption
>>54352372
>>54352537
underage
>zip
>GPL
...That better be gzip, bucko!
>>54352644
dubs of truth
>>54352372
you're too young
>>54352293
That's basically was Linux does; violating the GPL.
>>54352335
What is "linking it"?
