On 8/31/07, Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > with it (from a GPL compatible license). That's really the only > > restriction I think you're concerned about. It would explain why the > > That's the major one, there might be others (would need to dig) > > > LGPL seems to be an acceptable choice in your book. As for the "LGPL > > code becomes GPL code thing", No that is not the case. It is _not_ > > viral, especially in this case. If you link non free-software to GPLed > > Ok - so if I have GPL and LGPL. And the LGPL links to GPL - how can I link > to LGPL without being restricted by GPL? > > Otherwise all I have to do to link to GPL is write a dummy GGPL wrapper and > link to it.. That's my concern.
The original name of the LGPL was the Library Lesser General Public License. It's about equivalent to the copyleft of the MPL, where modifications and new code internally are copyleft, but there is no linking clause. But the thing is, the GPL doesn't say that you can only link to GPL code. It says you can only link to GPL __compatible__ code. LGPL is a GPL-compatible license (otherwise, how would the FSF have even used it, before they started officially endorsing GPL with the classpath exception for this. I'm pretty sure that they did that because the GPL w/ classpath exception is closer to the things they want to do, but still does the job of allowing non-GPL linking. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > SharpOS-Developers mailing list > SharpOS-Developers@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sharpos-developers > -- fury long name: William Lahti handle :: fury freenode :: xfury blog :: http://xfurious.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ SharpOS-Developers mailing list SharpOS-Developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sharpos-developers
