Re: license ambiguity

[Frank Rehberger <Frank Rehberger web de>]

ross::barna 

> I am confused.  Is ORBit LGPL?  Can I create a closed source commercial
> product that uses and links with it?
As far as I know, yes.
Core ORBit code, as IDL parser, core ORBit libs, fall under GPL.
That means if you enhance ORBit library, those changes have to be
published again.
Usually this code is not shipped with your program but with GNOME.

All generated code, as skeletons, stubs, header files should be LGPL.
Your program "linking" against this does not fall under GPL and is
allowed to be closed-source.

**correct?**


Cheers, Frank 

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