Re: [gnome-db] libgda providers are GPL?

["Vivien Malerba" <vmalerba gmail com>]

On 4/3/07, Murray Cumming <murrayc murrayc com> wrote:
> According to the libgda README:
>
> "
> Database providers are licensed under the
> GPL license, which means that any work derived from it must also adhere to the
> terms of the GPL license. Libraries (libgda, libgda-sql,
> libgda-report) are, on the other hand, licensed under the LGPL license, which
> allows for commercial applications to be developed based on libgda.
> "
>
> But how can libgda be LGPL if it must link to GPL provider libraries? I think we need to change this.
>
> I think the intention is clear so I don't think we need to go through a big process to clarify this.

Yes, just put everything under the LGPL. I don't know how and who
historically set the licenses but I think it was a long time ago and
the idea was probably LGPL rather than just GPL.

However for the exercice of the mind, is it not possible to link LGPL
with some GPL (considering that the applications using libgda will
_not_ make any call to a DBMS API directly in which case having libgda
as LGPL and the providers as GPL would still be Ok)?

Vivien