On Thu, 17 Jan 2013 13:51:16 -0200 Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri
<barbi...@profusion.mobi> said:

> On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 1:03 AM, Carsten Haitzler <ras...@rasterman.com>
> wrote:
> > On Wed, 16 Jan 2013 22:50:08 -0200 Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri
> > <barbi...@profusion.mobi> said:
> >
> >> On Wednesday, January 16, 2013, David Seikel wrote:
> >>
> >> > On Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:48:14 -0800 "Enlightenment SVN"
> >> > <no-re...@enlightenment.org <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > Log:
> >> > > add missing licenses references, fix copyright, add link result
> >> > > notice.
> >> > >
> >> > > Author:       barbieri
> >> > > Date:         2013-01-16 13:48:14 -0800 (Wed, 16 Jan 2013)
> >> > > New Revision: 82911
> >> > > Trac:         http://trac.enlightenment.org/e/changeset/82911
> >> > >
> >> > > Modified:
> >> > >   trunk/efl/COPYING trunk/efl/licenses/COPYING.BSD
> >> > > trunk/efl/licenses/COPYING.LGPL
> >> > >
> >> > > Modified: trunk/efl/COPYING
> >> > > ===================================================================
> >> > > --- trunk/efl/COPYING 2013-01-16 21:47:37 UTC (rev 82910)
> >> > > +++ trunk/efl/COPYING 2013-01-16 21:48:14 UTC (rev 82911)
> >> > > @@ -1,11 +1,23 @@
> >> > > -EFL comes with several licences. Listed are the library/probject
> >> > > +EFL comes with several licences. Listed are the library/project
> >> > >  name and the license file covering it.
> >> > >
> >> > >  evil:            licenses/COPYING.BSD
> >> > > -escape:          licenses/COPYING.GPL
> >> > > +escape:          licenses/COPYING.GPL (used in PlayStation native)
> >> > > +eina:            licenses/COPYING.LGPL
> >> > >  eet:             licenses/COPYING.BSD
> >> > > -eina:            licenses/COPYING.LGPL
> >> > >  eo:              licenses/COPYING.BSD
> >> > >  evas:            licenses/COPYING.BSD
> >> > > +embryo:          licenses/COPYING.SMALL
> >> > >  ecore:           licenses/COPYING.BSD
> >> > > -embryo:          licenses/COPYING.SMALL
> >> > > +eio:             licenses/COPYING.LGPL
> >> > > +edbus:           licenses/COPYING.LGPL
> >> > > +efreet:          licenses/COPYING.BSD
> >> > > +eeze:            licenses/COPYING.BSD
> >> > > +ephysics:        licenses/COPYING.BSD
> >> > > +edje:            licenses/COPYING.BSD
> >> > > +edje/epp:        licenses/COPYING.GPL (separate binary/executable)
> >> > > +emotion:         licenses/COPYING.BSD
> >> > > +ethumb:          licenses/COPYING.LGPL
> >> > > +
> >> > > +NOTE: If linked together, the result will be LGPL (or GPL is Escape
> >> > > is +used) due that license characteristics.
> >> >
> >> > Hmmm, guess that means the BSD licences are useless, since it's all
> >> > gonna be linked together anyway, and thus GPL contaminated.
> >>
> >>
> >> That is right. For all purposes consider EFL = LGPL. We just didn't change
> >> the license as it would require approvals. But effectively it's all LGPL.
> >
> > incorrect. only if we make a single libefl.so is this the case.
> 
> The on-disk .so files are not, but as soon as they are dynamically
> linked in the application they do that. Unfortunately I had to learn
> that with some lawyers :-P

they don't make your application lgpl. that dont make it gpl. they dont make it
bsd. they dont affect your application at all... unless you STATICALLY link...
lgpl is very explicit about its boundaries. GPL - yes. LGPL - no.

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