I don't see any issues I guess in the docs we could point folks to the PCRE implementation as well as the GNU one
http://vcs.pcre.org/viewvc/code/trunk/pcreposix.h?view=markup PCRE's license is BSD Norman On Jan 18, 2012, at 10:54 AM, Lime, Steve D (DNR) wrote: > I'm hoping someone with experience in this area can chime in. It's a > convoluted > subject for sure. MapServer doesn't contain code from any regex library, it > uses > an API that a few regex libs support so you can actually compile against > others. > > Steve > > -----Original Message----- > From: mapserver-users-boun...@lists.osgeo.org > [mailto:mapserver-users-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Josef Bicik > Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 7:47 AM > To: mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org > Subject: [mapserver-users] Mapserver + regex license > > Hi All, > > I have a question about Mapserver licensing. From the documentation > and source code I understand that Mapserver uses the regex 0.12 > library, which is released under the GNU GPL v2 license. Can Mapserver > actually be released under an MIT-style license when it contains > portions of code released under GPL? I am not extending mapserver on > its own, however, am considering using mapscript in a commercial > application. I wonder if I would have to release my application using > mapscript under GPL v2 license. Can anybody please explain me this > licensing issue? > > Best regards, Josef > _______________________________________________ > mapserver-users mailing list > mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users > > _______________________________________________ > mapserver-users mailing list > mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
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