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2022-05-25
2022-05-27
  • Gerrit Feldkamp

    Gerrit Feldkamp - 2022-05-25

    I got quite confused about two licenses in the source code of labview-zmq (see attachment).
    For which part is the GPL?

    I have read that the python counter part has moved to BSD/MPLv2 https://github.com/zeromq/pyzmq/tree/main/RELICENSE

    Maybe someone could clarify things for me. Unfortunately the GPL would mean that the source code from a customer could not be delivered without disclosing the source code of his project. Am i right?

    Thanks in advance

     
  • Martijn Jasperse

    Hi,
    The actual license details are in LICENSE.txt. The ZeroMQ library is licensed under LGPL and my contributions are 3-clause BSD. Both licenses are sufficiently permissive for commercial distribution, and IMatix has a special exemption clause. I think GPL.txt is only there for historical reasons; I can't remember when ZeroMQ swapped to a dual-licensing model but it was quite a while ago.

    Cheers,
    Martijn

     
  • Gerrit Feldkamp

    Gerrit Feldkamp - 2022-05-27

    Many thanks for your quick reply. That is a relief.

     

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