Re: GPL/LGPL confusion

2001-07-01 Thread William T Wilson
On Sun, 1 Jul 2001, Ben Burton wrote: 1. Can I package an LGPL library foo that links with a GPL library bar? Only if the GPL library is not required for basic operation of the LGPL library. This might be because there are non-GPL versions of the GPL library with looser licenses, or because

Re: GPL/LGPL confusion

2001-07-01 Thread Adam J. Richter
I am not a lawyer, so please do not rely on this as legal advice. I am also not a Debianite, but I will cc this message to debian-legal so they can avoid duplication of effort. Okay, I've gone through debian-legal archives, I've looked on the FSF site and the summary is that I'm rather

GPL/LGPL confusion

2001-07-01 Thread Ben Burton
Okay, I've gone through debian-legal archives, I've looked on the FSF site and the summary is that I'm rather confused. 1. Can I package an LGPL library foo that links with a GPL library bar? 2. If so, is it appropriate to put a notice in the copyright file for foo that this library links