If my application is written against slf4j but I plug in logback at runtime as the logging implementation doesn't this somehow imply that my application is linking against logback and as such the LGPL applies?
Gili Ralph Goers wrote: > > > > cowwoc wrote: >> Ceki, >> >> What is the legal implication of using Logback through slf4j? Does this >> limit our obligations to slf4j's MIT license or does any aspect of >> logback's >> LGPL license pass through? >> >> Thank you, >> Gili >> >> > Pass through to what? Any application that uses SLF4J is not a > derivative of Logback and isn't impacted by Logback's use of LGPL. OTOH, > if you write your own Logback components those would be derivative works > and would be impacted. > > Ralph > _______________________________________________ > Logback-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://qos.ch/mailman/listinfo/logback-user > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Why-LGPL-instead-of-Apache-License--tp8058617p19119217.html Sent from the Logback User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Logback-user mailing list [email protected] http://qos.ch/mailman/listinfo/logback-user
