Re: ORBit2 and linc - licensing?



Alex Graveley <alex ximian com> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Linc and ORBit2 are LGPL, OpenSSL is BSD with an Advertising Clause. I
> know little about licensing, but isn't the OpenSSL license
> non-compatible with the (L)GPL?

What you mean is that the GPL is incompatible with most other licences.
That's a big downfall of using the GPL. Yay RMS.

However, the LGPL is compatible with many other licences, including the BSD
licence with advertising clause. It's not a viral licence like the GPL. The
ORBit libraries can be released under the LGPL, linked with OpenSSL, which
is under a seperate licence.
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