Re: [Exist-development] LGPL 2.1 and GPL 2 and all that crap

[Alain C. <ala...@ag...>]

Hello Adam,

As far as I understand, including a GPL library in eXist-db would imply 
that eXist-db is becoming GPL itself!

"A system incorporating a GPL-covered program is an extended version of 
that program. The GPL says that any extended version of the program must 
be released under the GPL if it is released at all."

-Alain

Le 05/02/2012 21:48, Adam Retter a écrit :
> I really detest trying to understand open source licences. I have
> placed something which is GPLv2 into eXist-db. eXist-db is LGPL 2.1.
> It seems to me that from what I can Google and understand (not much),
> that the licences are compatible.
>
> However, I have had some concerns raised that we should not use
> anything which is GPLv2. As Linux itself is GPLv2 and many companies
> use this, I am not sure I understand the issue.
>
> If anyone is concerned that I should not include GPLv2 libraries,
> please tell me, but more importantly please tell me why its important.
>
> Thanks Adam.
>