True enough. You don't have to re-license if you can work within the terms of the license, and it is pretty easy to work within the terms of the LGPL.
P On 8-Nov-06, at 7:13 PM, Martin Desruisseaux wrote: > Joe L a écrit : >> I work on a government contract, and your GIS tools look like >> something >> we could use. I know you're released under LGPL (AFAIK). This would >> usually be fine, but we're releasing our product using ULC >> (www.canoo.com <http://www.canoo.com>), which means that we will >> probably be required to make some changes to the software in order >> for >> it to work across the interface. This is where the problem >> arises, my >> employer wouldn't be able to release the source code. I was >> wondering >> if there is another licensing option, or am I going to have to >> look for >> another solution? > > There is good chances that you still can use Geotools. According > the LGPL > license, if you modify the Geotools source code, you have to > release the > modified code. However if you subclass a Geotools class, your > subclass still > under your own copyright. For example if you create your own DataStore > implementation by subclassing a Geotools class, your implementation > stay yours. > > In an ideal world, all Geotools classes should be extensible. It > may happen that > some Geotools classes are not easily extensible and need to be > modified. If such > case happen, I guess that it should be possible to apply to > Geotools code only > the changes required in order to extend it more easily (those > changes would need > to be released but this is not sensible technology), and keep the > proprietary > code in your Geotools subclasses. > > Martin > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, > security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your > job easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache > Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel? > cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Geotools-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Geotools-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-devel
