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

[Murray Cumming <murrayc murrayc com>]

On Tue, 2007-04-03 at 13:58 +0200, Vivien Malerba wrote:
> 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.

OK.

> 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)?

No.

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