On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 1:03 AM, Carsten Haitzler <ras...@rasterman.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Jan 2013 22:50:08 -0200 Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri
> <barbi...@profusion.mobi> said:
>
>> On Wednesday, January 16, 2013, David Seikel wrote:
>>
>> > On Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:48:14 -0800 "Enlightenment SVN"
>> > <no-re...@enlightenment.org <javascript:;>> wrote:
>> >
>> > > Log:
>> > > add missing licenses references, fix copyright, add link result
>> > > notice.
>> > >
>> > > Author:       barbieri
>> > > Date:         2013-01-16 13:48:14 -0800 (Wed, 16 Jan 2013)
>> > > New Revision: 82911
>> > > Trac:         http://trac.enlightenment.org/e/changeset/82911
>> > >
>> > > Modified:
>> > >   trunk/efl/COPYING trunk/efl/licenses/COPYING.BSD
>> > > trunk/efl/licenses/COPYING.LGPL
>> > >
>> > > Modified: trunk/efl/COPYING
>> > > ===================================================================
>> > > --- trunk/efl/COPYING 2013-01-16 21:47:37 UTC (rev 82910)
>> > > +++ trunk/efl/COPYING 2013-01-16 21:48:14 UTC (rev 82911)
>> > > @@ -1,11 +1,23 @@
>> > > -EFL comes with several licences. Listed are the library/probject
>> > > +EFL comes with several licences. Listed are the library/project
>> > >  name and the license file covering it.
>> > >
>> > >  evil:            licenses/COPYING.BSD
>> > > -escape:          licenses/COPYING.GPL
>> > > +escape:          licenses/COPYING.GPL (used in PlayStation native)
>> > > +eina:            licenses/COPYING.LGPL
>> > >  eet:             licenses/COPYING.BSD
>> > > -eina:            licenses/COPYING.LGPL
>> > >  eo:              licenses/COPYING.BSD
>> > >  evas:            licenses/COPYING.BSD
>> > > +embryo:          licenses/COPYING.SMALL
>> > >  ecore:           licenses/COPYING.BSD
>> > > -embryo:          licenses/COPYING.SMALL
>> > > +eio:             licenses/COPYING.LGPL
>> > > +edbus:           licenses/COPYING.LGPL
>> > > +efreet:          licenses/COPYING.BSD
>> > > +eeze:            licenses/COPYING.BSD
>> > > +ephysics:        licenses/COPYING.BSD
>> > > +edje:            licenses/COPYING.BSD
>> > > +edje/epp:        licenses/COPYING.GPL (separate binary/executable)
>> > > +emotion:         licenses/COPYING.BSD
>> > > +ethumb:          licenses/COPYING.LGPL
>> > > +
>> > > +NOTE: If linked together, the result will be LGPL (or GPL is Escape
>> > > is +used) due that license characteristics.
>> >
>> > Hmmm, guess that means the BSD licences are useless, since it's all
>> > gonna be linked together anyway, and thus GPL contaminated.
>>
>>
>> That is right. For all purposes consider EFL = LGPL. We just didn't change
>> the license as it would require approvals. But effectively it's all LGPL.
>
> incorrect. only if we make a single libefl.so is this the case.

The on-disk .so files are not, but as soon as they are dynamically
linked in the application they do that. Unfortunately I had to learn
that with some lawyers :-P

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