Thiago, I think that you meant that you can dynamically link to LPGLv2.1 code. It am pretty sure that static linking binds the user of glib to disclose (open source) the source that uses glib.
I believe (not know) that there is a substitution requirement where an end user should be allowed replace an LPGL shared library "in the field" or you are in violation of the license. There is another problem though in that if we aspire to support Windows then glib support maybe problematic. Do you know if there is a glib implementation outside of Cygwin or MSys? I do not thingk that this is a blocker. It just another hurdle to jump when we get there. Pat > -----Original Message----- > From: iotivity-dev-bounces at lists.iotivity.org [mailto:iotivity-dev- > bounces at lists.iotivity.org] On Behalf Of Thiago Macieira > Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2015 11:34 AM > To: iotivity-dev at lists.iotivity.org > Subject: Re: [dev] [API change info sharing request] RE: Change in > iotivity[master]: Redefine and implement findResource API > > On Thursday 02 April 2015 14:18:32 Dieter, William R wrote: > > Sorry, I have not been following the earlier discussion so this may > > have already been covered. In the email below, there is a reference > > to glib-gnome as a dependency. According the glib-2.40.2/COPYING file > > in the tarball referenced in the README for > > https://gerrit.iotivity.org/gerrit/#/c/623/, the license for glib is > > LGPL. The Apache web site says LGPL and Apache are incompatible (see > > http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#category-x). I am not a > > license expert. Is it OK to link LGPL code with IoTivity? > > Hi Bill > > IANAL and this is not an official Intel reply. > > You're not allowed to copy LGPLv2.1 code into an Apache2 library or > application, as that triggers the LGPL becoming GPLv.2. You cannot link > Apache2 code to GPLv2 code either. > > But you can link Apache2 code with LGPLv2.1. > -- > Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com > Software Architect - Intel Open Source Technology Center > > _______________________________________________ > iotivity-dev mailing list > iotivity-dev at lists.iotivity.org > https://lists.iotivity.org/mailman/listinfo/iotivity-dev -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/pkcs7-signature Size: 7198 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.iotivity.org/pipermail/iotivity-dev/attachments/20150402/b3072487/attachment.p7s>
