On Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:57:00 -0500 Nick Hughart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
> Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > > On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 16:15:37 +0200 (CEST) Dave Andreoli > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: > > > > > > > >> Thanks Raster!! finally a POW that respect the others :) > >> Are you sure that we can (safetly) use LGPL for apps? From what I read > >> on the gnu site LGPL is exaclty for libs, I didn't find nothing about > >> using LGPL in apps. > >> > > > > nothing stops LGPL being used for an app. the FSF can't go dictate this to > > you > > - unless of course they wish to be guilty of the closedness they are so > > adamant and picky about fighting. LGPL CAN be applied to an app. any time. > > it just isnt that meaningful when applied to an app. it effectively is GPL > > - BUT allows re-use/movement of the code from the GPL app into the LGPL lib > > without relicensing, as GPL is more restrictive than LGPL. :) > > > > now... everyone - back to something PRODUCTIVE! > > > > Can you move code from an LGPL/GPL app into a BSD library with the > permission of the author of that code and just that specific code? yes. the copyrightholder of that code is ALWAYS allowed to relicence ANY WAY THEY LIKE. existing released code comes under any existing licenses. thats is how dual-licensing works. the copyright holder offers under 2 licenses - you pick. one may allow closed development (eg qt) but in return for getting it under that license, you must pay a fee. a copyright holder can take their own code and release exactly that code or a modified/derived copy of it under any license they like as they own that. of course the existing release under existing license doesn't become invalid. example. assume i owned 100% of the code of evas. tomorrow i can make a new evas release that is a closed commercial license - even if evas was GPL. why? i own it. i can make any future development closed and commercial. *IF* i want to. of course the EXISTING release is always available and if you want an open evas - you'd need to fork it and continue dev from the last open licenced version. of course i'll never do that. but it's an example. -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
