Re: linking a proprietary application against ORBit2
- From: Frederic Crozat <fcrozat mandriva com>
- To: orbit-list gnome org
- Subject: Re: linking a proprietary application against ORBit2
- Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2005 12:12:46 +0200
Le jeudi 30 juin 2005 à 18:56 -0400, Ilguiz Latypov a écrit :
> Is the ORBit2 library covered by GPL or LGPL?
>
> We are writing a proprietary application that currently links
> against ORBit2. If ORBit2 is strictly GPL, we would be required
> to disclose the source code. (A positively-sounding version: we
> would be freeing our code for peer review and adoption).
>
> There are both COPYING (GPL) and COPYING.LIB (LGPL) files in the
> top-level ORBit2 CVS directory. The linc2 subdirectory contains
> the file COPYING with LGPL in it. I assume this means that linc2
> is under LGPL. The terms of linking against libORBit-2.so are
> unclear.
libORBit-2.so is part of GNOME Platform, therefore, it is under LGPL.
Only executables from ORBit2 are under GPL.
--
Frederic Crozat <fcrozat mandriva com>
Mandriva
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