On Sun, 26 Jan 2014 09:17:29 -0500 Robert Heller <[email protected]> said:
> At Sun, 26 Jan 2014 21:25:16 +0900 Enlightenment developer list > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Sun, 26 Jan 2014 09:40:30 -0200 Felipe Magno de Almeida > > <[email protected]> said: > > > > > On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 5:17 AM, Andrew F <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > Thanks for offering a clarification Carsten. > > > > We may take you up on that. > > > > > > I would appreciate the clarification. The libstdc++v3 has the same > > > problem with inline functions (and template code) and that's why they > > > doesn't use LGPL, they use a GPL with a Runtime Library Exception. > > > > > > Quote from FAQ: > > > > > > 2.3. How is that different from the GNU {Lesser,Library} GPL? > > > > > > The LGPL requires that users be able to replace the LGPL code with a > > > modified version; this is trivial if the library in question is a C > > > shared library. But there's no way to make that work with C++, where > > > much of the library consists of inline functions and templates, which > > > are expanded inside the code that uses the library. So to allow people > > > to replace the library code, someone using the library would have to > > > distribute their own source, rendering the LGPL equivalent to the GPL. > > > > indeed i forgot to make that point. if we intended for the headers - with > > macros and/or inline functions to "infect" users of efl, then we'd have just > > chosen GPL. there is no point choosing LGPL. i would hope the intent is cler > > enough already by explicit choice of LGPL vs GPL, but as i said - i'm sure > > we can provide a clarification - i'm just leaving this open in this thread > > to see if there are any comments on providing such a clarification for, or > > against. > > One minor (?) clarification: enlightenment itself is still BSD licenced? yes - read COPYING. :) -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
