Re: [xml] License question

[Mike Hommey <mh glandium org>]

On Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 11:59:29AM -0400, Adam Versteegen <avesty gmail com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a question regarding the license for libxml2 and the licenses
> for other libs it links to. I'd like to use libxml2 in a commercial
> application, and if I understand the license correctly I can
> distribute a binary version of libxml2 with my app so long as I
> include a copy of the MIT license with my (closed source) application.
>
> Where i'm a little less sure is with iconv... If I build libxml with
> iconv, how does the GPL (the iconv license) affect my usage of
> libxml2? Because I link to libxml2 (which in turn links to iconv) is
> my app then subjected to the GPL? Do I then have to meet this portion
> of hte GPL:

iconv comes with the glibc, which is licensed under LGPL, not GPL.

Mike