OOMEGA's GPL Interpretation Policy

OOMEGA software is protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws and you must have a valid license to the OOMEGA software or you will be breaking these laws (e.g., committing a copyright infringement). OOMEGA GbR currently offers OOMEGA Core under both a commercial license and under the GNU General Public License (GPL). This document clarifies OOMEGA's interpretation of the GPL, in the event that you elect to license OOMEGA Core under the GPL.

The GPL license to the OOMEGA software costs essentially nothing, but comes with significant restrictions that typically will limit how you can distribute or publish your own software. In particular, if your software is "based on" OOMEGA software licensed under GPL terms, then GPL terms will apply to your software as well. OOMEGA takes a broad interpretation of the GPL. In our interpretation, there are many situations where your software will be "based on" OOMEGA software, including but not limited to the following situations:

You compile your software against the OOMEGA software.
Your software contains specific references to the OOMEGA software.
Your software requires the OOMEGA software to work.
Your software uses the proprietary API to the OOMEGA software.

In all of these situations, if you distribute or publish your software, you will have to make available source code for your software, in addition to meeting other GPL requirements for your software.