Re: GPLing my software

[Jim Paradis <paradis linux01 hlo dec com>]

> Thanks for the advise.  I wrote the code during my PhD and as far as I can 
> tell it is mine.  

You might want to double-check with your university just to make sure...
I don't know what it's like in the UK, but here in the states intellectual
property rights regarding research done with grant money or university
facilities is a rather tangled issue.

> Just wish I had
> the necessary expertise to contribute something more directly to my favourite
> OS.  For the moment this will have to do.

Don't denigrate your contribution; having application software that runs
under Linux is at least as important as having Linux itself.  Without
apps, Linux is just another geek toy 8-)

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