Re: License Stuff

[rodrigo linuxave net]

Alvaro wrote:

> rodrigo linuxave net wrote:
> >
> > bob thestuff net wrote:
> >
> > > Could libgda be relicensed lgpl like most of the rest of gnome? the
> > > backends can stay gpl, but if libgda is lgpled, problems like that should
> > > be resolved.
> > >
>
> libgda is now LGPL.
>
> http://cvs.gnome.org/bonsai/cvsblame.cgi?file=gnome-db/lib/gnome-db-browser.c&rev=&root=/cvs/gnome
>

well, it's a sort of mix between LGPL and GPL. In fact, the license issue is not very clear, since in
the web pages, the only license which is mentioned is GPL, but as you say, some files have
LGPL comments.

So this is another reason why we must close this issue soon.

>
> In my opinion the ideal situation could be to
> have all the code, libraries included under GPL, but this is not
> possible nowdays. So we have to use the LGPL until we are sure that
> with GPL we don't miss the target: make the best free software.
>

So:

LGPL 3 (bob, alvaro, rodrigo)
GPL 0

of course, to make it clear once again, ONLY THE LIBRARIES will be LGPL. The providers and other
programs will remain GPL.