Hmm. Our intention is to allow the use of GWT Portlets in commercial closed source projects without forcing those projects to become open source. We do want people who modify the framework to contribute their changes back to the community. That is why we chose LGPL instead of GPL or Apache 2.
Is there anyone on this thread who is a lawyer who can answer this question? What do we need to do to fulfill our intent as described above? Cheers David On Apr 7, 12:48 pm, Joe Cole <[email protected]> wrote: > Your logic applies to normal java linking (see fsf's lgpl and java > post) but with gwt, it seems it may be thought of as static linking: > > http://pocketdope.blogspot.com/2008/02/why-you-shouldnt-use-lgpl-for-... > > Personally, I would agree. > > Thoughts? > > On Apr 7, 3:04 pm, Vitali Lovich <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 10:21 PM, Joe Cole > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > Looks great. What are the implications for the use of the LGPL? From > > > my understanding LGPL + gwt = distribute source? > > > No - you only have to distribute the changes you make to the library (can't > > recall the fundamental differences between v2 & v3 for LGPL, but this > > remains the same because that's the fundamental reason LGPL exists in > > parallel with GPL). > > > > Joe > > > > On Apr 7, 1:37 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > GWT Portlets is a free open source web framework for building modular > > > > GWT (Google Web Toolkit) applications. GWT provides the low level > > > > building blocks required to build web applications (Java to Javascript > > > > compiler, basic UI widgets, an RPC mechanism etc.) but typical > > > > business applications can benefit from the additional scaffolding > > > > provided by GWT Portlets. In traditional web applications this role > > > > would be fulfilled by Struts and other web frameworks. > > > > >http://www.gwtportlets.org/ > > > > > Please have a look. All feedback will be appreciated. > > > > > Note that the signup mails send by the site tend to get eaten by spam > > > > filters so check your spam folder if you don't receive the mail. > > > > > Thanks > > > > David --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
