Re: linking a proprietary application against ORBit2
michael meeks <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.gnome.orbit.general |
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| Organization | Novell, Inc. |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Hi Ilguiz, On Thu, 2005-06-30 at 18:56 -0400, Ilguiz Latypov wrote: > Is the ORBit2 library covered by GPL or LGPL? To confirm: LGPL for the libraries - GPL for the helper apps - such as the IDL compiler ;-) > 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). Heh ;-) I'd encourage you to make it free software anyway of course, but the GNOME platform libraries all explicitely allow commercial development, ie. LGPL. HTH, Michael. -- [email protected] <><, Pseudo Engineer, itinerant idiot