On Thu, 2008-07-10 at 06:23 -0500, Brian Cameron wrote: > 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. I have raised this issue to community, please check the email http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnumeric-list/2008-July/msg00006.html
-Halton. > > Brian
