Gregory, what about if a propreitry application linked to GNUstep framework statically, is that also ok?
On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 2:11 PM, Gregory Casamento <[email protected] > wrote: > Amr, > > That's correct, GPL means that anything built on GPL libraries must be > also GPL'd, however, GNUstep is NOT GPL, it is LGPL. LGPL means that > you can link with it and not be required to release your code. > > GC > > On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 3:09 PM, Amr Aboelela <[email protected]> > wrote: > > So you are saying that GPL means any software built on the GPL frameworks > > has also to be GPL? > > > > is that the problem? > > > > but they said GPL means free as in freedom! > > > > i started a project called caramel > > > > https://github.com/amraboelela/caramel > > > > what do u think about it? > > > > On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 10:37 AM, BigZaphod > > < > reply+m-9201204-9f9752af99cee8fb7c10d727d7ffaff622000...@reply.github.com> > > wrote: > >> > >> An open source Core Animation would be pretty amazing, and with that and > >> the other frameworks, Chameleon should be able to run! That'd be pretty > >> impressive! > >> > >> Chameleon is all under a BSD license which is far more permissive than > >> GPL, and that's the way I like it. I personally dislike the GPL and find > it > >> too restrictive. I understand the goals, but I don't agree it's > necessary to > >> strong-arm people into sharing. Chameleon has now had several > contributions > >> from a number of others and I suspect they would also all have to agree > to > >> dual license their contributions. While not an insurmountable problem, I > >> have no interest in doing it. > >> > >> It should be possible to use Chameleon to test their Core Animation > layer > >> and software could even be built using the whole open source stack once > it's > >> complete, but no, I don't want to add any additional restrictions to my > >> code. > >> > >> -- > >> Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: > >> http://github.com/inbox/9199949#reply > > > > > > > > -- > > Info about Islam: http://wikiz.info/islam > > Latest news on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/zagel > > Contribute in a wiki: http://wikiz.info > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss-gnustep mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnustep > > > > > > > > -- > Gregory Casamento - GNUstep Lead/Principal Consultant, OLC, Inc. > yahoo/skype: greg_casamento, aol: gjcasa > (240)274-9630 (Cell) > -- Info about Islam: http://wikiz.info/islam Latest news on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/zagel Contribute in a wiki: http://wikiz.info
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