Using Recipes elsewhere (GPL)

InvisibleMan · 06-10-2011, 02:09 PM

Hello,

I am currently writing an Android Newsreader app. As the Calibre recipe collection is very large, I was thinking about using it for my news reader.

I noticed the recipes are licensed under the GPL, v3, which states the source code for a modified bit of code must be made public.
This is why I was wondering whether this meant that (if I used the recipes) I would have to make my whole source code public, or just the recipes?

Thanks,

InvisibleMan

kovidgoyal · 06-10-2011, 02:16 PM

Any code that uses GPLed code has to be open sourced under a GPL compatible license.

http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html

06-10-2011, 02:09 PM	#1
InvisibleMan Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: Sony PRS-600	Using Recipes elsewhere (GPL) Hello, I am currently writing an Android Newsreader app. As the Calibre recipe collection is very large, I was thinking about using it for my news reader. I noticed the recipes are licensed under the GPL, v3, which states the source code for a modified bit of code must be made public. This is why I was wondering whether this meant that (if I used the recipes) I would have to make my whole source code public, or just the recipes? Thanks, InvisibleMan

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06-10-2011, 02:16 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,858 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Any code that uses GPLed code has to be open sourced under a GPL compatible license. http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html

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