Linking to a GPLv3 library from a LGPLv2 library
Shantanu Tushar Jha <[email protected]> Fri, 28 Feb 2014 21:23:04 +0530
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--===============0880308492521764298== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=f46d04389259f26f5704f3796e54 --f46d04389259f26f5704f3796e54 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 [Please use Reply-to-all as we're not subscribed] Hi folks, We are trying to use the QxOrm library[1] into Plasma Media Center, the latter having LGPL v2 code for application logic libraries and GPLv2 code for GUI bits. Sysadmin suggested that it might be a problem because QxOrm is a GPLv3 library and we're linking to it. Any idea if this will be okay or a problem? The current code resides in a branch at [2]. [1] http://www.qxorm.com/qxorm_en/download.html [2] https://projects.kde.org/projects/extragear/multimedia/plasma-mediacenter/repository/revisions/shantanu-qxorm/show/libs/mediacenter Cheers, -- Shantanu Tushar (UTC +0530) http://www.shantanutushar.com --f46d04389259f26f5704f3796e54 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">[Please use Reply-to-all as we're not subscribed]<br><= br><div>Hi folks,<br><br></div><div>We are trying to use the QxOrm library[= 1] into Plasma Media Center, the latter having LGPL v2 code for application= logic libraries and GPLv2 code for GUI bits. Sysadmin suggested that it mi= ght be a problem because QxOrm is a GPLv3 library and we're linking to = it.<br> <br></div><div>Any idea if this will be okay or a problem? The current code= resides in a branch at [2].<br clear=3D"all"></div><div><div><br>[1] <a hr= ef=3D"http://www.qxorm.com/qxorm_en/download.html">http://www.qxorm.com/qxo= rm_en/download.html</a><br> [2] <a href=3D"https://projects.kde.org/projects/extragear/multimedia/plasm= a-mediacenter/repository/revisions/shantanu-qxorm/show/libs/mediacenter">ht= tps://projects.kde.org/projects/extragear/multimedia/plasma-mediacenter/rep= ository/revisions/shantanu-qxorm/show/libs/mediacenter</a><br> <br></div><div>Cheers,<br></div><div><br>-- <br>Shantanu Tushar=A0 =A0 (UTC= +0530)<br><a href=3D"http://www.shantanutushar.com" target=3D"_blank">http= ://www.shantanutushar.com</a> </div></div></div> --f46d04389259f26f5704f3796e54-- --===============0880308492521764298== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Kde-licensing mailing list [email protected] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-licensing --===============0880308492521764298==--