RE: Re: Re: AW: License proposal (Summary)

Xue-Feng Yang <[email protected]> Sat, 10 Jan 2004 21:26:02 -0500 (EST)
Newsgroups gmane.comp.java.enhydra.barracuda.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
 --- Christian Cryder <[email protected]>
wrote: > > So if someone is only interested in the
event
> model
> > part, he/she must import the other part for
> his/her
> > projects?
> 
> From an _architecture_ perspective, the answer is
> clearly NO - Barracuda is
> designed in layers so that you pick and choose what
> you want to use. If you
> just want the event model, you can go for it.
> 
> I raised the question about LGPL licensing - if you
> extend Barracuda event
> classes (which is how Barracuda is designed to be
> used), does the LGPL then
> require the app doing the extending to be LGPL (ie.
> is the app using the
> event model a "derivative work"). To me, the LGPL is
> fuzzy in this area, and
> its that fuzziness that concerns me.
> 
> Please feel free to holler if you have further
> questions or comments...
> 

What you said about LGPL is exactly what I tried to
ask in the above message. 

Thanks, I will follow the discussion on this issue.

Xue-Feng


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