Commercial Development

[Joe Buck]

> Now if you are asking whether the license restrictions you plan to use for
> some proprietary software are compatible with use of software with other
> licenses (e.g. GPL, LGPL, ...) you are asking a legal question. You need to
> get proper legal advice on this question. Not only is it illegal for 
> non-lawyers to give legal advice, but in any case asking for legal advice
> on a list like this is unlikely to provide any definitive answers or answers
> that you can rely on.

It is frequently claimed that it is illegal for non-lawyers to give legal
advice in the US.  This is false.