On Friday, 7 February 2020 at 19:51:52 UTC, Andre Pany wrote:
On Friday, 7 February 2020 at 18:16:37 UTC, Les De Ridder wrote:
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
I prefer MPLv2 for LGPL-style liberal copyleft in D code because
it unambiguously draws the line based on files. No one has to
speculate about whether, for example, LGPL's special exceptions
for macro expansion also cover D's template system.
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/MPL/2.0/FAQ/
