Re: Dutch Tax software violates the LGPL (Glib/GTK+)

[Brian Cameron <Brian Cameron Sun COM>]

Stefan:

Thank you for bringing this to our attention.  It will likely take some
time to discuss this with the appropriate people to determine what
should be done.  So, please be patient.

Brian


> On Tue, 5 Jan 2010, Brian Cameron wrote:
>
> > application makes use of LGPL/BSD licensed code.  You mention below that
> > it uses Glib and GTK+.  Is this a complete list of LGPL/BSD licensed
> > code used by the program?
>
> http://download.belastingdienst.nl/belastingdienst/apps/linux/ib2009_linux.tar.gz
>
> The complete list they mention:
> - autopackage
> - gsoap
> - GTK+
> - libjpeg
> - nsis
> - OpenSSL
> - ZLIB
> - WxWidgets
>
>
> > Note that the LGPL license is designed such that modules like Glib
> > and GTK+ can be used by non-free applications.  So, it is acceptable
> > to use them in non-free programs.  Many third-parties (such as Adobe
> > Reader, RealPlayer, etc.) provide non-free programs which link against
> > libraries like Glib and GTK+, and there are no licensing issues with
> > doing so.
>
> True, but they probably like dynamically, aka to system available
> libraries. This program is a statically linked as a binary thing. I
> thought the LGPL prohibited this usage?
>
>
> Stefan