Re: GPL or LGPL ?

[Alvaro <acs futurnet es>]

Rodrigo Moya wrote:
> 
> "Derek A. Neighbors" wrote:
> >
> > > Yes, you are right, I haven't thought about this, but isn't it better to
> > > let commercial applications to be developed with gnome-db? What do you
> > > think?
> >
> > I think it depends on how much you value freedom and want others to
> > respect it.  If you really want people to use free software and you wish
> > to propogate it you would use the GPL and suffer a small loss in those
> > willing to use the product.
> >
> > If your primary concern is making all parties happy and getting the most
> > possible users than LGPL is the way to go.
> >
> > I of course lean towards exposing people to the GPL and making them
> > understand their freedom, but I am somewhat of a zealot on this issue.
> >
> I value freedom, and I would like to have all software under the GPL
> license, but I did it like this (LGPL) as this is how all the GNOME
> libraries are licensed.
> 
> And, the more I think about this, the more I prefer to license them
> under the GPL, but I'd like to do it only if all of you agree with that.
> So what do you prefer?

I prefer all the code covered by the GPL. But as Derek has said we can
loss people
if we follow this line, an worst, we follow a different line from all
the others
GNOME projects. I think that we can ask the Gnome Foundation about this
issue.

Cheers

-- Alvaro


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