Matt, Am 09.03.2013 um 13:22 schrieb Matt Shaver:
> The Official Response: > > ************************************************************ > On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 2:02 AM, Matt Shaver <[email protected]> wrote: > >> "I have asked the ZeroMQ steward, Pieter Hintjens, wrt to >> compatibility of a GPL2only project and ZMQ, and his answer was a >> straight 'no'. Maybe I didnt ask the right question, this is for sure >> worthwhile following up with Pieter in more detail." > > I vaguely remember the question, it was from Michael Haberler on IRC, > but I seem to remember there was more to it than just calling the > library, and I don't have the IRC logs to check. > > To be clear: you can use libzmq (and any other 0MQ project with the > same license) in a GPLv2 project, both as a dynamic library, and in a > static link. If you make patches, you need to publish them, as usual. > There's no reason there would be any restrictions for GPLv2 projects > since the license is designed to work with all application licenses > including commercial closed source. > > If you need any help when it comes to using 0MQ, CZMQ, Zyre, etc. let > me know. > > -Pieter I've read this several times, and it still reads as a huge relief to me - on the biggest single concern I had Thanks a million for following up on this and resolving the issue by drilling once more. - Michael > _______________________________________________ > zeromq-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.zeromq.org/mailman/listinfo/zeromq-dev > ************************************************************ > > On Fri, 8 Mar 2013 20:02:40 -0500 > Matt Shaver <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Some of the programmers of the linuxcnc project >> (http://www.linuxcnc.org) are interested in replacing our current >> messaging system, CMS/NML >> (http://www.isd.mel.nist.gov/projects/rcslib/) with zeromq. >> >> The programmers are very enthused about this, but questions have >> arisen regarding the license compatibility between your LGPLv3 >> licensing, and our "GPLv2 only" (plus some Public Domain) licensing. >> >> Your licensing page (http://www.zeromq.org/area:licensing) and FAQ >> page (http://www.zeromq.org/area:faq#toc0) lead me to believe that the >> use of zeromq by our project would be allowable. However, one of our >> people contacted one of your people, and he (our guy) says: >> >> "I have asked the ZeroMQ steward, Pieter Hintjens, wrt to >> compatibility of a GPL2only project and ZMQ, and his answer was a >> straight 'no'. Maybe I didnt ask the right question, this is for sure >> worthwhile following up with Pieter in more detail." >> >> To be perfectly clear, we _do not_ intend to derive or create a new >> messaging system by combining zeromq code with our code, we only wish >> to use zeromq as a replacement for our current message passing >> mechanism. Should we make any bug fixes, or add a new feature to >> zeromq, we would contribute them back upstream under the terms of >> your LGPLv3 licensing. >> >> So, are we allowed to use zeromq in this way? >> >> Thanks, >> Matt Shaver > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 positioned as A LEADER in The Forrester > Wave(TM): Endpoint Security, Q1 2013 and "remains a good choice" in the > endpoint security space. For insight on selecting the right partner to > tackle endpoint security challenges, access the full report. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/symantec-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 positioned as A LEADER in The Forrester Wave(TM): Endpoint Security, Q1 2013 and "remains a good choice" in the endpoint security space. For insight on selecting the right partner to tackle endpoint security challenges, access the full report. http://p.sf.net/sfu/symantec-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
