On Sat, 09 Mar 2013 23:25:39 -0600
John Morris <j...@zultron.com> wrote:

> > Pieter's not right about this.  LCNC is GPLv2 ONLY, and libzmq is
> > LPGLv3.  This compatibility matrix shows the combo is invalid:
> > 
> > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#AllCompatibility
> > 
> > The trouble is that the GPLv2 license requires linked software to be
> > 'conveyed' as GPLv2, and there are terms in LGPLv3 that are
> > incompatible with GPLv2. 

You are correct as far as your explanation goes, but the 0MQ folks
grant _additional_ rights, above and beyond those defined in the
LGPLv3, to link their library with even closed source code. See these
pages:

http://www.zeromq.org/area:licensing
and
http://www.zeromq.org/area:faq#toc0

Thanks,
Matt

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