Hi Pieter, Thanks for your reply.
In another word, When we use v3.2.x, also, the SLE can relieves us of any obligations under sections 4 and 5 of this license, and section 6 of the GNU General Public License. Waiting for your confirmation. 2014-08-23 James N. Pieter Hintjens <[email protected]> at Fri, 22 Aug 2014 21:36:24 wrote: >The SLE was introduced in v1.0, I believe. It predates 3.2.x, in any case. > >On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 3:57 AM, jamesniu <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hello Sir/Madam， >> >> We are currently using ZeroMQ v3.2.2 for commercial applications’ >> development, 2 questions about license occurred during the development: >> >> There is SLE in COPYING.LESSER of ZeroMQ v3.2.2, the exemption clause states >> as： >> "As a special exception, copyright holders give you permission to link this >> library with independent modules to produce an executable, regardless of the >> license terms of these independent modules, and to copy and distribute the >> resulting executable 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 this library. If you modify this library, you must >> extend this exception to your version of the library." >> >> As for ZeroMQ v4.0.4, there is a note added after the same exemption clause >> which states as: >> "Note: this exception relieves you of any obligations under sections 4 and >> 5 of this license, and section 6 of the GNU General Public License." >> >> Could we comprehend that as： >> Q1: Can this NOTE also apply to the SLE of ZeroMQ v3.2.2? >> Q2: When we are using ZeroMQ v3.2.2, if we link libzmq, or a modified >> version of it, into an executable, also, we are exempt from the LGPLv3, as >> same as v4.0.4. >> >> Look forward to any reply. >> >> 2014-08-22 >> James N. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> zeromq-dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.zeromq.org/mailman/listinfo/zeromq-dev >_______________________________________________ >zeromq-dev mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.zeromq.org/mailman/listinfo/zeromq-dev > _______________________________________________ zeromq-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.zeromq.org/mailman/listinfo/zeromq-dev
