We are using the IUP framework to create a commercial application. The
decision to use this framework rested upon the statement; "IUP is free
software, can be used for public and commercial applications". Unfortunately,
our license compliance team has flagged some issues within IUP. It would
appear that the claim "free" for "commercial applications" may not be entirely
accurate. We are fortunate that we are currently not using these libraries,
however, we could use some advice/suggestions on the best ways to eliminate
this code.
The licenses that are incompatible with out application include:
- GPLv2 code which should not be linked with proprietary code
- LGPLv3 code can be linked dynamically with proprietary code. It should be
possible for the user to change the LGPLv3 library.
Thanks in advance for any advice/help.
Tysen Moore
The specific files/library at issue are:
1- /thirdparty/im/src/fftw
IMPORTANT: The FFTW lib has a GPL license. The license of the "im_fftw"
library is automatically GPL.
So you cannot use it for commercial applications without contacting the
authors.
PROBLEM: This makes this library unusable for our commercial application.
RESOLUTION: Luckily we are not using this code.
QUESTIONS: 1. Are there other IUP dependencies that require this library?
2. There is no way this code can be used with a commercial app,
correct?
3. Any advice for removing this library and code cleanly?
2- /thirdparty/im/src/minilzo
"LZO compression support uses mini-libLZO version 2.07. \n
http://www.oberhumer.com/opensource/lzo/ \n
Copyright (C) 1996-2014 Markus Franz Xaver Johannes Oberhumer \n
But its License is GPL, so we kept it in a separate library
called "im_lzo" that is also GPL."
PROBLEM: This makes this library unusable for our commercial application.
RESOLUTION: Luckily we are not using this code.
QUESTIONS: 1. Are there other IUP dependencies that require this library?
2. There is no way this code can be used with a commercial app,
correct?
3. Any advice for removing this library and code cleanly?
3- thirdparty/iup/srcmglplot
"<p>MathGL is a library for creating plots that is system independent. It is
maintained by Alexey Balakin and available at SourceForge
<a href="http://mathgl.sourceforge.net/";>http://mathgl.sourceforge.net/</a>
with
GPL and
LGPL licenses.</p>"
PROBLEM: This is licensed with GPL and LGPL licenses. MATGL appears to
mainly be LGPLv3; however, iup/srcmglplot/mgl2/mgl.h is GPLv2 which prevents
use in commercial apps.
RESOLUTION: Luckily we are not using this code.
QUESTIONS: 1. Are there other IUP dependencies that require this library?
2. There is no way this code can be used with a commercial app,
correct?
3. Any advice for removing this library and code cleanly?
4- /thirdparty/iup/srctuio/tuio
"This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option)
any later version."
PROBLEM: This makes this library unusable for our commercial application.
RESOLUTION: Luckily we are not using this code.
QUESTIONS: 1. Are there other IUP dependencies that require this library?
2. There is no way this code can be used with a commercial app,
correct?
3. Any advice for removing this library and code cleanly?
5- /thirdparty/cd/src/pdflib
"pdflib is not free for commercial products. If we don't use or we have a
license than it's ok.
Licensing and Copyright
=======================
THIS IS NOT PUBLIC DOMAIN OR FREEWARE SOFTWARE!
PDFlib Lite can freely be used for non-profit personal use.
The license text can be found in the file PDFlib-Lite-license.pdf.
PDFlib, PDFlib+PDI, and PPS can only be used under the terms of
a commercial license, and always require a license fee. Details
of the license can be found in the file PDFlib-license.pdf.
Licensing information is available in the file PDFlib-purchase-order.pdf,
and on our Web site www.pdflib.com.
Please contact us if you are interested in obtaining a commercial
PDFlib license:
PDFlib GmbH
Licensing Department
Franziska-Bilek-Weg 9, 80339 Munich, Germany
fax +49/89/452 33 84-99
License inquiries: sa...@pdflib.com
Support for PDFlib licensees: supp...@pdflib.com"
PROBLEM: This is clearly NOT free for commercial use.
RESOLUTION: Luckily we are not using this code.
QUESTIONS: 1. Any advice for removing this library and code cleanly?
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