Graham Murray [Mon, 26 May 2003 16:35:44 +0100]:

1) Close the quotes at the end of each line as 2 adjacent string literals are treated as one. 2) Put a backslash at the end of each line to make (lexically) one line.

3) If you want the string to include the newline (that's most of the cases that use multiline strings), either put \n\ at the end of each line or add \n at the end of each adjacent string literal. Philipp -- Philipp Thomas work: pthomas@suse.de Development, SuSE Linux AG private: philipp.thomas@t-link.de

No you don't need permission and you are allowed to do this. You must however keep the original authors' name and copyright with the code. It would probably be good to mention them in a CREDITS file. On Tuesday 27 May 2003 8:10 am, Filippos Papadopoulos wrote:

Hi. I just want to ask a question about licensing. I have "borrowed" some code from binutils project and i have put it in my project. My project uses Qt free for Unix. So is it OK to publish my project under GPL? If so, do i have to ask anybody?

Thanks.

-- Tom Bradley Software Engineer Jaycor / Titan Systems

Hi, * Philipp Thomas [2003-05-27 18:34]:

This is the so called viral nature of GPL, i.e. if you incorporate GPL code in your work, ...

... and publish it ...

... it automatically becomes GPL itself.

Thorsten -- An eye for an eye, and soon the whole world is blind. - Mahatma Gandhi

Hi, * Philipp Thomas [2003-05-27 23:14]:

Thorsten Haude [Tue, 27 May 2003 22:09:55 +0200]:

...

... and publish it ...

Nope, read the license. It automatically makes the including Code GPL as well.

A license is simply a non-issue if you don't publish it. Licensing implies publishing. Which part of the license do you refer to? Thorsten -- If you couldn't find any weirdness, maybe we'll just have to make some! - Calvin

Hi, * Derek Fountain [2003-05-28 05:14]:

...

A license is simply a non-issue if you don't publish it. Licensing implies publishing.

Not really. You have to take into account the licence of any code you use when you use it, so you know what you're bound to in the future.

This is your own code, you can do with it whatever you want until you publish it. No license required. Thorsten -- Wasn't the storming of the Bastille an act of terrorism? Probably. Now it's a holiday. - umarsyed