On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 04:39:46PM -0000, Tim Smith via OpenOCD-devel wrote:
> We wanted to utilize OpenOCD as a DLL in-process in our application and
> utilize its functionality, instead of keeping it in a seperate process and
> utilize services. I was told their GPL prevents us from doing this, even if
> we do or do not distribute our tools externally?. Is this true?.
The GPLv2 license says "You may modify ... and copy and distribute ...
provided that you ...". The GPLv3 says "You may convey ... provided that
you ..." and defines "convey" as "any kind of propagation that enables
other parties to make or recieve copies".
Are the people who have access to the computers running your application
"other parties"?
The FFmpeg documentation contains the following paragraph for a similar
situation:
"There are certain libraries you can combine with FFmpeg whose licenses
are not compatible with the GPL and/or the LGPL. If you wish to enable
these libraries, even in circumstances that their license may be
incompatible, pass `--enable-nonfree` to configure. But note that if you
enable any of these libraries the resulting binary will be under a complex
license mix that is more restrictive than the LGPL and that may result in
additional obligations. It is possible that these restrictions cause the
resulting binary to be unredistributable."
Best regards,
Daniel
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** [tickets:#239] Using OpenOCD a dynamic link library?**
**Status:** new
**Milestone:** 0.9.0
**Created:** Thu May 30, 2019 04:39 PM UTC by Tim Smith
**Last Updated:** Thu May 30, 2019 04:39 PM UTC
**Owner:** nobody
We wanted to utilize OpenOCD as a DLL in-process in our application and utilize
its functionality, instead of keeping it in a seperate process and utilize
services. I was told their GPL prevents us from doing this, even if we do or do
not distribute our tools externally?. Is this true?. Are there any alternatives
to run OpenOCD in-process with our tool but still complying with the GPL?
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