John (J5) Palmieri wrote:

Thanks John, and A.Walton!

I got concerned because it appeared under libdaemon_la_SOURCES
but as it turns up these is only used in the various gvfs-* commands after
nm the binaries.

Both your answers also helped me to understand quite a bit on dual 
licensing :)
First time I see this in textual forms.

Thanks,

-Ghee
> gio is lgpl because it is part of gtk+.  It is my understanding that
> gvfs uses D-Bus and not gio so it it compatible because of that.
>
> dbus-main is GPL/AFL dual licensed (always look at the COPYING file for
> a full description of the license).  What dual licensing says is you can
> use the file under either license but under copyright law you may not
> modify the notice so if you use it under the AFL others can still use it
> under the GPL.  You can however link any AFL compatible license and the
> GPL will not apply to the external source.
>
> We have been trying to re-license under MIT Permissive license to make
> it easier for some licensing corner cases but hit a roadblock so that
> may or may not happen.  If your apps is not compatible with the GPL or
> AFL (such as GPL + exception licenses) you can add an AFL exception to
> your licenses (provided you have the rights) and use D-Bus under the AFL
> license.
>  
>   

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