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Narrative text (such as textbooks, articles, or on-line curricular material) that uses OSP programs may, however, be copyrighted. You must contact the narrative author or publisher for permission to use these narratives.
I have used your Atwood Machine model and have been able to modify its characteristic to suit my purpose of being able to create a computer simulation for my perpetual prime mover machine. Am I violating something here?
> Re: How can I use Open Source Physics programs? > > Open Source Physics programs and source code are released > Open Source code under the GNU General Public License > (GPL). The GPL license requires that any program or > code library that incorporates any portion of the > OSP library must also be released under the terms > of the GNU GPL license. See: < http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html > >. > > Narrative text (such as textbooks, articles, or > on-line curricular material) that uses OSP programs > may, however, be copyrighted. You must contact the > narrative author or publisher for permission to use > these narratives.
