<rant> Linking to a GPL library forces your app to to be GPL too. LGPL is not "lesser" in anyway (even though it's called that) it's appropriate for libraries.
I have not problems as a commercial entity using LGPLed portions, hell, if I kill a bug, I have to distribute my patch! It's called giving back. GPLing your own work is typically a way to make sure noone else can "steal" your code and sell it (nothing stopping you dual licensing it) </rant> It all depends on your own reasons for releasing your software. Having your LGPLed code in commercial products is quite cool, and would be impressive on your resume. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Treat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Freddy BL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 1:08 PM Subject: Re: [Mono-list] - C# / OpenGL and System.Windows.Forms on > --- Freddy BL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > CsGL is licensed under the MIT/BSD-license. Thats license is ok, I think. > > The Mesa3D-library is licensed under an similar BSD-license. > > At your project-page under http://sourceforge.net/projects/monoglo there > > stand "License: GNU General Public License (GPL)". Thats what I don't like. > > MonoGLo is a library. So BSD/MIT is ok and LGPL is ok, but not GPL! > > (Btw: Adam have choosen for Qt# the same license) :-( > > Could you please explain *why* you think the GPL is not acceptable for libraries? The GPL is one > of the most widely used Free Software licenses. The LGPL license is known as the *lesser* license > and was created for strategic reasons not because of any principle that 'libraries should be free > for proprietary developers'. Do you wish to create proprietary software with MonoGlo? > > Adam > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > Mono-list maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
