The core part of HAL was originally released as LGPL by John Kasunich. Latter additions such as HAL Scope were, I think, made regular GPL.
Steve Stallings > -----Original Message----- > From: EBo [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2013 5:36 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Emc-developers] License question - code piece for HAL > > A bigger question is will we ever realistically break out HAL as a > standalone linkable library? Is it OK with the people working > on/playing with HAL that it be used for other projects? My > vote would > be for the HAL related stuff be LGPL, but that is my 2c/ > > EBo -- > > On Mar 10 2013 3:17 PM, Michael Haberler wrote: > > I have identified a small piece of code which could take on an > > important function in HAL/RTAPI. If it were integrated, it would > > become part of the HAL API. > > > > That code is currently GPL2only. > > > > The author has expressed willingness to relicense after I > told him we > > might eventually move to (likely) GPL2+ and pointed to the > problem we > > would incur if he were unwilling to relicense. > > > > My question is: what should I ask him: make it LPGPL, GPL2+ or what > > else? Please advise. > > > > - Michael > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- > > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
