hello there..

what if we got an software which is open source,, later on, i got modified some of the code inside..

so the question is?

1. is that program become my program? or belong to the original company that produce such program (like PGP)
2. Is it legal to do such things?

what is PGP

Dont really understand your question?

it's yours but must you must public the source code too

its legal because its an open source... u have free privilege to do anything... but it does not belong to anyone...

its an open source... anyone can edit, anyone can share back...

what program lo?? mind 2 share??

i think u must conform to the the original license (eg GPL) and u're authorized to freely distribute ur modified code under the SAME license...

Pretty Good Privacy, which usually used for encrypting and decrypting a signal, message and so on.

This post has been edited by hollyfish: Jan 5 2009, 07:20 PM

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what kinda sofware is that...

btw open source mean to be modify


like LINUX

Yes, it can be modified as you like, since it's open source and it's legal of course. It's still belongs to the creator, and you can't use it for commercial use.

Do correct me if I'm wrong.

Please ignore this post.

This post has been edited by hollyfish: Jan 7 2009, 11:14 PM

It depends on the specific open source license you're talking about. It remains as *your* program, you can probably sell it if anybody wants, but you need to keep the source available for free distribution in the GPL. Other licenses have differing terms. Some just require you to cite the source and you can do whatever you want with it.

Of course, all this is purely ethical and voluntary, if you decide to sell it for a million bucks, some people are going to call you an @sshole, but nobody is going to come knocking on your door with the police.

I see.

PGP

yup its totally legal

it's legal. you want make xiaoLINUX? xD

I built a program form MS EXCEL for my previous company. the company still use my program and they never know it will expired on end march. I lock it with password, and nobody knows it.

It is legal for me to sell the program eventhou it actually an Excel program?

That's a different story. Excel scripting is still a form of intellectual property, and as such should be sellable. However, do look up your previous job contract. Some of them have a clause in which all IP you produce belong to the company, in which case they'd be justified in suing you if you try to sell it.

owh like dat ar..

actually i used my program to easier my job. Not in my job scoop to build a program. Even i not in the IT Dept. i'll waiting until program expires and see waht happen.

How about portable software that no need any installation or registry that can use at anyway like pendrive or pc?Is this legal?How do they make it?

lol.. that means it is safe to modify it rite? ok,, thanks for the reply everyone..

because it is too hard just to start making an encryption algorithm from scratch.

lucky got open source thing..

mind sharing the link for the open source software?