On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 8:25 PM, Benjamin Zores <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 12:17 AM, Vincent Torri <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> which means that emotion is GPL, iiuc. > > And so is all of its dependancies then: Evas, Eina ...
Actually this is a bit of misinterpretation of things. First of all, VLC engine is broken, unmaintained and unless someone takes over it, it may be removed. That warning issued, let's go to licensing facts: if one software (ie: emotion) that is not GPL, but is said compliant, uses a GPL one (ie: vlc), the resulting software is just considered GPL while the bond is made. IOW, if one never loads vlc engine, the dynamic cast is not done. This dynamic cast is what make GPL-complaint software. Basically the licenses allow in a way or another runtime re-licensing to GPL of the resulting product. The way it was put "And so is all of its dependancies then: Evas, Eina ..." may lead to incorrect interpretation that always/unconditionally all EFL is GPL just because Emotion provides VLC that is GPL. I hope the situation is clarified. -- Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri http://profusion.mobi embedded systems -------------------------------------- MSN: [email protected] Skype: gsbarbieri Mobile: +55 (19) 9225-2202 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download new Adobe(R) Flash(R) Builder(TM) 4 The new Adobe(R) Flex(R) 4 and Flash(R) Builder(TM) 4 (formerly Flex(R) Builder(TM)) enable the development of rich applications that run across multiple browsers and platforms. Download your free trials today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-dev2dev _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
