On Friday, 7 February 2020 at 18:16:37 UTC, Les De Ridder wrote:
On Friday, 7 February 2020 at 14:23:58 UTC, Andre Pany wrote:
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Now the sad part. I would like to use GtkD at work but I
can't. The license is really dangerous for companies (you
compile lGpl source code into your application), therefore it
is a complete no go from the IP department. The license is a
huge blocker for GtkD commercial usage.
I'm not sure why LGPL is an issue. Does GtkD not allow dynamic
linking?
I am not an expert at all in the topic of licensing. This is my
understanding:
Gtk has the license lgpl. As long as you link dynamically to the
shared object files, you can use it in commercial products.
GtkD is a D wrapper for GTK. It is D source code which ease the
access to the C api of Gtk. GtkD has also the license lgpl. To
use GtkD in my application I have to statically link the D source
code.
Now it gets more complicated, GtkD has some additions to the lgpl
rules.
I cannot judge how high the risk is for companies to use this
component, but as an employee I do anything to avoid any risk for
the company I work for.
Kind regards
Andre
