James Robertson
Posts: 29924
Nickname: jarober61
Registered: Jun, 2003
|
David Buck, Smalltalker at large
|
|
|
|
Interesting - LGPL and being viral
|
Posted: Jul 17, 2003 2:39 PM
|
|
|
This post originated from an RSS feed registered with Agile Buzz
by James Robertson.
|
Original Post: Interesting - LGPL and being viral
Feed Title: Cincom Smalltalk Blog - Smalltalk with Rants
Feed URL: http://www.cincomsmalltalk.com/rssBlog/rssBlogView.xml
Feed Description: James Robertson comments on Cincom Smalltalk, the Smalltalk development community, and IT trends and issues in general.
|
Latest Agile Buzz Posts
Latest Agile Buzz Posts by James Robertson
Latest Posts From Cincom Smalltalk Blog - Smalltalk with Rants
|
|
Some of the Java Community have determined that the LGPL is just as viral as the GPL with regards to Java code. That's interesting, because that would apply - for the same reasons - to Smalltalk. For that reason, I'll be watching to see how that comes out - especially if any legal precedents actually get set. I'll quote Bruce Badger with regards to how the LGPL "should" be interpreted - The Facts don't matter. here's the relevant communication from the FSF:
Apache Developer:
Brett Smith referred me to you regarding a question regarding the Lesser Gnu
Public License (LGPL) in regards to Java. It is the interpretation of most
of the open/free software communities that the use of a "jar" file by a
piece of software linked via a Java "import" statement does not bind the
linking work under the terms of the LGPL. The Apache Software Foundation,
presently takes a more conservative view and thus projects of the ASF are
not allowed to link/distribute LGPL programs into Java projects of the
foundation.
DT (FSF):
This sort of linking falls under section 6 of the LGPL.
Read: Interesting - LGPL and being viral
|
|
Previous Topic
