Hi Justin, I never really paid attention to the license NAntContrib was using, but on SF it indeed says LGPL (to my surprise).
Regardless of that, the NAnt license includes the following: "As a special exception, the copyright holders of this software give you permission to link the assemblies with independent modules to produce new assemblies, regardless of the license terms of these independent modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting assemblies under terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that module. An independent module is a module which is not derived from or based on these assemblies. If you modify this software, you may extend this exception to your version of the software, but you are not obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this exception statement from your version." This clearly states that you're free to choose the license for modules that just "link" the NAnt assemblies. Gert -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: dinsdag 26 juni 2007 4:11 To: nantcontrib-developer@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [NAntC-Dev] Licensing of NAnt vs. NAntContrib I wasn't sure whether to post this to the NAnt dev list or the NAntContrib dev list, so forgive the dupe posting. I am working on a library of tasks for NAnt and am looking to set up the licensing correctly so I can distribute it. I would prefer to release under the LGPL but I am under the impression that since NAnt is GPL, and my library necessarily references the NAnt binaries, I am *required* to release my library as GPL, if I choose to release it. However, looking at the NAntContrib source, it seems that it is released as LGPL. So how is that NAntContrib can be released as LGPL when it is linking to a GPL library (NAnt)? Can I release my library as LGPL or am I required to use GPL? Sorry if the answer is obvious; this is the first thing I've ever tried to release as open source. Thanks for ending my confusion, ~ Justin Kohlhepp ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ NAntContrib-Developer mailing list NAntContrib-Developer@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nantcontrib-developer ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ NAntContrib-Developer mailing list NAntContrib-Developer@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nantcontrib-developer
