Re: [Help-librejs] JavaScript Trap - jQuery EasyUI library

[Martin Nicolás Carbone]

Thanks for the quick response!

   > Is the program being released in that way by the developer?

Yes, the developer of the library released a free ($0) "GPL Edition" and a paid "Commercial edition".

http://www.jeasyui.com/download/

   > I don't know.  If you provide more details, I could ask a lawyer.

The "GPL Edition" is "GPL v3 licenced" (and for use only in free projects, of course), but is primarily Obfuscript; then it is nonfree software; then it is not real GPL v3 licenced. Then It's a Lie!

The "Commercial Edition" can be used in proprietary/privative projects, and they say that they sell me the unobfuscated code. I don't know if this is a Lie, but I dont want to pay for a nonfree software.

¿Is not a "violation" of the GPL, if they are lying about the real licence of their released code?

¿Must not you (the FSF) demand developers that say "my software is under GPL licence" to release the unobfuscated code of the program?

I developed several projects using this library, trusting in the "GPL licence", but when I read "The _javascript_ Trap" article (http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/_javascript_-trap.html) I decide to ask you.

¿Is my GPL licenced software, using this "fake GPL" library, "fake GPL" software too?

¿Must I to rewrite all my projects for not use this library? ¿or Is there a "legal" way to require the unobfusctaed source?

Thank you very much and sorry for my bad english again.

 Martín Nicolás Carbone

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  >   I'm a software developer and I start using this library for the front-end
  > of my free projects:
  >     JQuery EasyUi (http://www.jeasyui.com)
  >   They say that the free edition is under GPLv3 but source code is
  > primarily "Obfuscript"

Obfuscated code is not real source code.  If real source code is not
available, then the program is not really free software.

Is the program being released in that way by the developer?  If so, it
is not a "violation" of the GPL.  (The developer is not going to sue
itself for copyright infringement, after all.)

But it is nonfree software, so if you want to make free software
you should not use it.

  >  ¿Is there a way to require the unobfusctaed source without paying a
  > 'commercial' licence if they publish it as GPL?

I don't know.  If you provide more details, I could ask a lawyer.

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