On Wednesday 21 January 2004 11:58, Paul Keogh wrote: > > it's not true... Kannel is a open source project, so GPL just > > say: when > > linking against GPL library then source code for this > > application _must_ be > > available and this is the case with Kannel. It's not allowed > > to link closed > > source applications against GPLed libraries. > > But available under what license ? My understanding is that if you > link or include GPL code into a code base, then that code base itself > must be made available under GPL. > > I recall from the early days of Kannel that using GPL licensed > components > was'nt possible, whereas LGPL was OK.
all this stuff can be found at ww.gnu.org ;) from [2]: using the ordinary GPL for a library makes it available only for free programs (see [1] for definition 'free programm'). [1] http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/categories.html#TOCFreeSoftware [2] http://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-not-lgpl.html Hope it's clear now ;) -- Best regards / Mit besten Grüßen aus Düsseldorf Dipl.-Ing. Alexander Malysh ___________________________________________ Centrium GmbH Vogelsanger Weg 80 40470 Düsseldorf Fon: +49 (0211) 74 84 51 80 Fax: +49 (0211) 277 49 109 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: www.centrium.de msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED] icq: 98063111 ___________________________________________ Please avoid sending me Word, Excel or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
