Hello All: this is a very valid argument. How can CUPS use Glibc, which is LGPL, and can't use Fribidi, which is also LGPL ?
Please find an answer to this. Anmar > > FriBidi is not going to change license. If that happen someday, > it would become GPLed. So, forget about it. But the problem is > that they keep saying "you can't re-license the code under > different terms, which is a requirement for us for any core code > that we use", what does "core code" mean here? FriBidi is a > library they can use, just like they use libc! > > Feel free to forget about using FriBidi. I will write in detail > about this later. > > behdad > > PS. One last note, No, people don't know about licenses > typically. Every single individual has his own idea about what > GPL and LGPL mean... BTW, I'm still looking for the adequate > answer in the FSF community for the case that shared libraries > are technically impossible on a platform. > > > On Mon, 24 May 2004, Ahmad Khalifa wrote: > >> >> >> > From: Michael Sweet <> >> > Not exactly. There is an implied requirement that in order to >> > comply with the LGPL you need to link dynamically to the library >> > or provide source. Also, you can't re-license the code under >> > different terms, which is a requirement for us for any core code >> > that we use - the licensee might be shipping on an embedded >> > platform where source and shared libaries are simply not possible. >> >> > That's not our interpretation - shared libraries/DLLs allow for >> > this, but as long as there is no statement allowing for static >> > linking (such as that provided by FLTK - http://www.fltk.org/) >> > you can't link it statically without providing source, and that >> > makes it impossible for us to use it for a core part of CUPS. >> >> he obviously knows about licences so, >> please give me a reply to this. or simply relicense FriBidi under >> BSD licence or similar. >> >> feel free to post to the Newsgroup yourself, you can >> use this form, >> http://www.cups.org/newsgroups.php?gcups.development+Gcups >> >> or a newsreader like mozilla's >> nntp://news.easysw.com >> >> >> ak. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Developer mailing list >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://lists.arabeyes.org/mailman/listinfo/developer >> >> > > --behdad > behdad.org > _______________________________________________ > Developer mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.arabeyes.org/mailman/listinfo/developer > _______________________________________________ Developer mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.arabeyes.org/mailman/listinfo/developer
