Re: LGPL v3 compatibilty

2007-07-16 Thread Walter Landry
Francesco Poli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 21:56:27 -0700 (PDT) Walter Landry wrote: Francesco Poli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2 Jul 2007 12:31:13 -0400 Anthony Towns wrote: [...] Note that _if_ we do stick to the view we've taken up until now, when we

Re: LGPL v3 compatibilty

2007-07-16 Thread Måns Rullgård
Walter Landry [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Francesco Poli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 21:56:27 -0700 (PDT) Walter Landry wrote: Francesco Poli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2 Jul 2007 12:31:13 -0400 Anthony Towns wrote: [...] Note that _if_ we do stick to the

Re: LGPL v3 compatibilty

2007-07-16 Thread Mike Hommey
On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 08:39:10AM +0100, Måns Rullgård [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Walter Landry [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Francesco Poli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 21:56:27 -0700 (PDT) Walter Landry wrote: Francesco Poli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2 Jul

Re: LGPL v3 compatibilty

2007-07-16 Thread Arnoud Engelfriet
Mike Hommey wrote: On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 08:39:10AM +0100, M?ns Rullg?rd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No. The kernel is completely self-contained. Some code may of course have been borrowed from glibc at some point, but that's irrelevant. Borrowed code *is* relevant, because you can't

Re: LGPL v3 compatibilty

2007-07-16 Thread Walter Landry
Måns_Rullgård [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Walter Landry [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Francesco Poli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 21:56:27 -0700 (PDT) Walter Landry wrote: Francesco Poli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2 Jul 2007 12:31:13 -0400 Anthony Towns wrote:

Re: LGPL v3 compatibilty

2007-07-16 Thread Måns Rullgård
Walter Landry [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Måns_Rullgård [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Walter Landry [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Francesco Poli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 21:56:27 -0700 (PDT) Walter Landry wrote: Francesco Poli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2 Jul 2007

Re: LGPL v3 compatibilty

2007-07-16 Thread Walter Landry
Måns_Rullgård [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Inside the kernel stdio is meaningless, so I'd hardly expect to find that header there. The only places in the kernel source where stdio.h is included are in tools, such as kconfig, only to be used for building the kernel or for testing purposes. This

Re: LGPL v3 compatibilty

2007-07-15 Thread Francesco Poli
On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 21:56:27 -0700 (PDT) Walter Landry wrote: Francesco Poli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2 Jul 2007 12:31:13 -0400 Anthony Towns wrote: [...] Note that _if_ we do stick to the view we've taken up until now, when we have a LGPLv3 only glibc in the archive, we'll

Re: LGPL v3 compatibilty

2007-07-15 Thread MJ Ray
Steve Langasek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think you forgot to preface this with the disclaimers I am not a lawyer, [...] Some of those disclaimers, plus I am not a lawyer qualification authority seemed to be missing from yours too. Or maybe He Is Not A * posts should be banned from this list

Re: LGPL v3 compatibilty

2007-07-14 Thread Anthony W. Youngman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Michelle Konzack [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes I have coded some programs which are explicit under GPL v2 since I do not like v3 (I have my reasons) but I am using a LIB which is currently under LGPL v2. Now the new version of this LIB is v3. What should I do? DON'T

Re: LGPL v3 compatibilty

2007-07-14 Thread Anthony W. Youngman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Steve Langasek [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes The whole point behind LGPL is that the LGPL library must be independently distributable, and independently upgradeable. If your program is GPL (any version), then it is compatible with any LGPL library (any version). I

Re: LGPL v3 compatibilty

2007-07-14 Thread Walter Landry
Francesco Poli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2 Jul 2007 12:31:13 -0400 Anthony Towns wrote: [...] Note that _if_ we do stick to the view we've taken up until now, when we have a LGPLv3 only glibc in the archive, we'll no longer be able to distribute GPLv2-only compiled executables.

Re: LGPL v3 compatibilty

2007-07-13 Thread Michelle Konzack
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Re: LGPL v3 compatibilty

2007-07-02 Thread Anthony Towns
On Sun, Jul 01, 2007 at 04:38:56PM +0200, Francesco Poli wrote: On Sun, 1 Jul 2007 13:58:08 +0200 Andreas Metzler wrote: LGPLv3 libraries could not be used in GPLv2-only programs. I'm afraid that this incompatibility is still true. AFAIUI, when you redistribute a GPLv2-only program in

Re: LGPL v3 compatibilty

2007-07-02 Thread Francesco Poli
On Mon, 2 Jul 2007 12:31:13 -0400 Anthony Towns wrote: [...] Note that _if_ we do stick to the view we've taken up until now, when we have a LGPLv3 only glibc in the archive, we'll no longer be able to distribute GPLv2-only compiled executables. Unless the GPLv2-only work copyright holder(s)

Re: LGPL v3 compatibilty

2007-07-02 Thread Anthony Towns
On Mon, Jul 02, 2007 at 07:52:03PM +0200, Francesco Poli wrote: On Mon, 2 Jul 2007 12:31:13 -0400 Anthony Towns wrote: [...] Note that _if_ we do stick to the view we've taken up until now, when we have a LGPLv3 only glibc in the archive, we'll no longer be able to distribute GPLv2-only

LGPL v3 compatibilty

2007-07-01 Thread Andreas Metzler
Hello, does the compat matrix for draft3 http://gplv3.fsf.org/dd3-faq still apply to the released version of LGPLv3? If it does it could cause quite some pain, since LGPLv3 libraries could not be used in GPLv2-only programs. cu andreas -- `What a good friend you are to him, Dr. Maturin. His

Re: LGPL v3 compatibilty

2007-07-01 Thread Francesco Poli
On Sun, 1 Jul 2007 13:58:08 +0200 Andreas Metzler wrote: [...] LGPLv3 libraries could not be used in GPLv2-only programs. I'm afraid that this incompatibility is still true. AFAIUI, when you redistribute a GPLv2-only program in compiled form, the GPLv2 insists that the libraries the program