Robert Kern wrote: > On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 22:52, David Cournapeau > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> René Dudfield wrote: >> >>> pygame is also LGPL... as are a number of other libraries. (pyqt is GPL >>> btw). >>> >>> LGPL basically means you can link to the library source, but if you >>> make changes to the library you should give them back. Users should >>> also be able to change the library if they want... either through >>> source or relinking. >>> >>> >> It is far from being that simple, because the notion on whether you are >> allowed to use the library with proprietary software is based on >> derivative work, not "link to the library source". For compiled code, it >> is generally admitted that if you use the library as a shared library >> (dynamic linking), the program you link to is not derivative, and hence >> can be any license you want. >> > > Not at all. The FSF and a large proportion of GPL users claim otherwise. >
I thought we were discussing about the LGPL here. What I said previously only applies to the LGPL, and is certainly wrong for the GPL. But I don't think the GPL causes any issue for python code (I have encountered very little python LGPL code, but there is plenty under the GPL). David _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list [email protected] http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
