According to this post to POI-dev, Dave Turner (Mr License) of the FSF has decreed that the steps required to use an LGPL'd Java library will actually infect client code with substantial GNU-ness via Section 6 of the LGPL. (The "Lesser" GPL is supposed to protect only the Library, without infecting code using the library) This, as you might imagine, puts a few LGPL Java projects that previously thought they were embeddable without being viral in a bit of a bind. Various weblogs have further coverage."
**** THIS IS THE IMPORTANT PART **** Update: 07/18 02:44 GMT by CN: The FSF's Executive Director, Brad Kuhn adds "LGPL's S. 6 allows you to make new works that link with the LGPL'ed code, and license them any way you see fit. Only the LGPL'ed code itself must remain Free. Such 'client code' can even be proprietary; it need not be LGPL'ed." XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Bill Burke Chief Architect JBoss Group, LLC XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Cast your vote for JBoss as JDJ Best App Server http://www.sys-con.com/java/readerschoice2003/vote.cfm > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Brian > Wallis > Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 7:55 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [JBoss-dev] JBoss Licencing. > > > On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 08:21 pm, Juha Lindfors wrote: > > Subclasses would fall under LGPL, as far as I can tell, if they're > > distributed publically. > > What about "implements EntityBean" etc. Surely all my beans are > not now LGPL. > Or "extends ServiceMBeanSupport" so my mbeans are now LGPL. > > I hope not. I think that interpretation would severely limit the > use of the > JBoss. > > brian... > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: VM Ware > With VMware you can run multiple operating systems on a single machine. > WITHOUT REBOOTING! Mix Linux / Windows / Novell virtual machines > at the same time. Free trial click > here:http://www.vmware.com/wl/offer/358/0 > _______________________________________________ > JBoss-Development mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-development > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: VM Ware With VMware you can run multiple operating systems on a single machine. WITHOUT REBOOTING! Mix Linux / Windows / Novell virtual machines at the same time. Free trial click here:http://www.vmware.com/wl/offer/358/0 _______________________________________________ JBoss-Development mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-development
