Rob Austein wrote: > I think LGPL, while not great, is acceptable, in that it only > requires users to give away source to libcli itself.
It requires enabling users to relink whatever is using libcli with a different version of libcli. (It also requires enabling users to make modifications for their own use and to do reverse engineering to debug such modifications.) See Section 6 and 6a of LGPL-2.1 for full wording. I find them clear. > In particular, it does NOT GPL-contaminate everything to which it's > linked. Right, but the requirements still make it a showstopper for embedded vendors not already prepared to venture into GPL-like-land. Providing (at a minimum) a toolchain and linkable object files for the entire libcli-using firmware to end users will not be acceptable to many who have added value on top of what Cryptech delivers as a starting point. Risking uptake for a CLI seems not worth it. libcli can always be removed/replaced of course. //Peter _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.cryptech.is/listinfo/tech
