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GPL vs. LGPL?

Jim Bell
2007-06-02
2013-05-15
  • Jim Bell

    Jim Bell - 2007-06-02

    I noticed you're distributing this under GPL, not LGPL.

    Since it's a library, wouldn't the LGPL license be more appropriate? Do you intend to forbid its use in all but other GPL applications?

    P.S.: Thanks for what looks like a potentially useful library.

     
    • SERIOUS SOLUTION ONLY

      Hi can you change the Copying File into your sources to LGPL, you say at your home page that is under LGPL but in sources code it is under GPL.

       
  • Gordon Schumacher

    So, here's the catch…

    According to the home page, htmlcxx is theoretically licensed under LGPL, but "tree.h" contains a GPL notice - which makes the whole thing GPL.  In other words, this is directly in conflict with the licensing specified on the home page…

    I am interested in trying to fix this.  It wouldn't actually be that much work to swap it out for a different tree library - and there's some chance I can even make it interchangeable (but please don't hold me to that yet, hehe…)

     

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