Re: [gtk-list] Re: Gtk+ Commercial Applications (Licencing Issues)

[Rob Huffstedtler <rob bagpipe com>]

You need to reread the GPL.  The reason the LGPL used to be called the
Library GPL was so that you could link proprietary apps against it.  YOU 
CAN NOT LINK A NON-FREE (SPEECH) APP AGAINST A GPL'ED LIB.  For
instance, you cannot link a proprietary app against libgtop.  If you
don't believe me, tool on over to www.fsf.org and reread the licenses.

On
Tue, 5 Oct 1999, Robert Schwebel wrote:

> Marcus Brubaker wrote:
> > GTK+ and GLIB (and all of the core GNOME libraries) are released under the
> > LGPL so that, as far as I know, release binary only and market however you
> > want.  You may want to double check this with a lawyer, but as I understood
> > it, this is the whole point of the LGPL.
> 
> Linking against libraries is also possible if they are GPLed (otherwise
> the whole Linux project wouldn't work with commercial software), so
> there should be no problem.
> 
> Robert
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