[Gretl-users] license of gretl script

[Berend Hasselman]

On 13-08-2009, at 08:27, chris wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have written some gretl scripts which I would like to publish, but  
> it seems like some parts of it are covered, or might be covered, by  
> patents. But I think I could publish the code with some strings  
> attached, i.e. only use in academia, no allowance to give code to  
> somebody else.
> Now my question is, if it is possible to publish gretl script code  
> under my own terms, or whether  gretl scripts are a derived work of  
> gretl and must be GPL licensed when they are distributed?
> For example perl can be GPL licensed, too, but under http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ 
>  the developers give the permission to distribute perl code under a  
> non-free license.
> I didn't found any thread on this topic on the mailing-list, so if  
> this  has already been discussed, I'm sorry?
>

Could you let us see the parts you think are covered?
Which specific patents are you worried about?

Berend