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

["Vivien Malerba" <vmalerba gmail com>]

On 4/3/07, Murray Cumming <murrayc murrayc com> wrote:
> 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.

Ok, can you then make the changes in the README and maybe in the
headers of some source files?

Vivien