Hi, Am 31. Januar 2012 18:17 schrieb Carl Boettiger <[email protected]>: > I have developed software which I would like to release under the more > permissive BSD license that links against the GSL libraries. As I am not > modifying or distributing the GSL source code, I am under the impression > that this is acceptable under the terms of GSL's GPLv3 license (i.e. I > don't have to make my code GSL). Is this correct? Or does merely linking > a GSL function make all my code GPL?
according to http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#IfLibraryIsGPL you have to release any code using a GPL-licensed library under a GPL-compatible license. You can find a list at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#GPLCompatibleLicenses This includes the modified BSD license. But the question is what benefit this would have - users of your code could not modify and re-release your code with a proprietary (GPL-incompatible) license as long as it uses GSL. Best regards, Frank _______________________________________________ Help-gsl mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gsl
