Thread: Calibre and GNU GPL
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Old 05-10-2011, 11:58 AM   #12
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Originally Posted by Starson17 View Post
I agree, but it would take some research to point to the exact part of the GPL that applies and explain why the GPL doesn't apply to output.
See http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLOutput and http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#WhatCaseIsOutputGPL for an explanation.
In regard to the first link, even though things like style sheets are added by calibre to some ebook types they do not constitute a substantial amount of the output.
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