Halton: >>>> Is goffice really a GPL library, as the License field in the >>>> goffice.spec file says? What is the impact of this? >>> >From COPYING and REAMDE file, it is GPL licensed. But when I do >>> copyright-extractor for it, I found it is GPL/LGPL mixed. >> I'd raise this issue with the maintainers or on any public forum >> associated with the project. If the code is a mix of GPL and LGPL, >> then the effective license is GPL. However, it would be good to >> find out if the maintainers have any plans to switch to LGPL. >> >> If this is a GPL library, then we need to be careful and verify that we >> don't link it into any non-GPL programs. Do you have a complete list >> of all programs that are in Solaris that would use this library? What >> are their licenses? > Please add me in cc list.
I think it makes more sense for the person who owns the goffice spec file to do any such research required for integration. I am busy at GUADEC this week, and on vacation next week. So it probably does not make sense to wait for me to help to start researching this. Brian
