Zhan Zhaohua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1. We would like to know wether we have to obtain > some special license or patent to be allowed to use > DirectFB commercially because we will use DirectFB in > our product to be sold in the market. Though we know > that DirectFB is under the LGPL, we are still not > quite sure what to do with the situation of commercial > use. > If so, could you tell us the operation flow and > how much money we have to pay for it if necessary.
i'm by no means authoritive for DirectFB, but i will try to explain the LGPL in a few words. what does the LPGL allow you to do? You can link your application "DYNAMICLY" against DirectFB without any worries. no need for a special license and so no license fee. You can link your application "STATICALLY", if you distribute at least the object files of you applications, and the needed build scripts (Makefile) to relink the whole beast with a later (bugfixed or otherwise improved) version of DirectFB. Distributing the sourcecode of your application WOULD of course also possible and sufficent. please have a look at the GPL/LGPL FAQs on www.gnu.org best regards ... clemens _______________________________________________ directfb-dev mailing list [email protected] http://mail.directfb.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/directfb-dev
