Re: [Mplapack-devel] license ; LGPLv3 to two clause BSD

[Lev G. <le...@co...>]

Received from Maho NAKATA on Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 04:09:06AM EST:
> From: Lev Givon <le...@co...>
> Subject: Re: [Mplapack-devel] license ; LGPLv3 to two clause BSD
> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:12:21 -0500
> 
> > Currently, it seems that the package depends on gmp. If you plan to
> > license the software under a BSD-type license and continue using gmp
> > in parts of the software, I suspect that you will need to remove the
> > gmp-dependent portions of the software and distribute them in a
> > separate package licensed under the GPL because gmp's GPL license
> > requires that dependent works also be distributed under the same
> > terms. Switching to mpfr, which is licensed under the LGPL, would
> > presumably address this concern.
> 
> Hello Lev Givon,
> Thanks for your advice.
> 
> GMP uses LGPL 
> http://gmplib.org/
> > GMP is distributed under the GNU LGPL. 
> and MPFR is also as well.
> I don't think I use part of GMP in my software so I can switch to mBSD license.
> 
> So no worries :-)
> 
> Thanks 

You're mostly right; there are apparently one or two files distributed
with gmp that are still under GPL (which are probably not used in your
software), but the rest are under the LGPL.

							L.G.