On 4/3/07, Murray Cumming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > According to the libgda README: > > " > Database providers are licensed under the > GPL license, which means that any work derived from it must also adhere to the > terms of the GPL license. Libraries (libgda, libgda-sql, > libgda-report) are, on the other hand, licensed under the LGPL license, which > allows for commercial applications to be developed based on libgda. > " > > But how can libgda be LGPL if it must link to GPL provider libraries? I think > we need to change this. > > I think the intention is clear so I don't think we need to go through a big > process to clarify this.
Yes, just put everything under the LGPL. I don't know how and who historically set the licenses but I think it was a long time ago and the idea was probably LGPL rather than just GPL. However for the exercice of the mind, is it not possible to link LGPL with some GPL (considering that the applications using libgda will _not_ make any call to a DBMS API directly in which case having libgda as LGPL and the providers as GPL would still be Ok)? Vivien _______________________________________________ gnome-db-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-db-list
