On Tue, 06 Jul 2010 16:01:54 +0200 Steve Frécinaux <nudr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 07/06/2010 03:00 PM, Ryan Lortie wrote: > > hi Vincent, > > > > On Tue, 2010-07-06 at 09:26 +0200, Vincent Untz wrote: > >> Do you feel okay with the idea of allowing proprietary apps to use our > >> platform but not GPLv2 apps? > > > > In short, yes. > > Can't the platform libraries of gnome be considered as a development > platform, and therefore being legally "linkable" from a GPL2 point of > view, even if the library itself is LGPL? > > I mean, I think exceptions exist in GPL to allow programs to link > against proprietary platform libraries, to allow some GPL software to > run in proprietary MacOS or Microsoft ecosystems, don't they? Our own > equivalent of those libraries are glib and gtk+ > > This would make things a lot simpler. No because the FSF also very carefully made sure you couldn't claim it while distributing such libraries. Which means from a distro perspective its not a brilliant plan - or indeed a Gnome one. You might create an environment in which only non GNOME apps could pull that stunt ! _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
