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[NSIS-Bugs] [ nsis-Feature Requests-1822101 ] use LGPL also for lzma compression module
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From: SourceForge.net <no...@so...> - 2007-12-14 14:09:37
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Feature Requests item #1822101, was opened at 2007-10-29 15:37 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by kichik You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=373088&aid=1822101&group_id=22049 Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: General Group: 2.0 Series >Status: Closed Priority: 5 Private: No Submitted By: paletta (paletta) Assigned to: Amir Szekely (kichik) Summary: use LGPL also for lzma compression module Initial Comment: Would be nice to keep also the LGPL licence on the lzma compression module, as done by the original author: http://www.7-zip.org/sdk.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Comment By: Amir Szekely (kichik) Date: 2007-12-14 16:09 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=584402 Originator: NO I have contributed back any modifications to Igor. If he didn't include it, you can contact me for relicensing the smaller decoder as LGPL or whatever. Bottom line is there aren't that many relevant code modifications and CPL works better for us. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Date: 2007-12-14 15:58 Message: Logged In: NO Hi, I read all the thread you refer to. I do not have well understood what's the real problem with the LGPL, since it already permits linking with proprietary programs, and the LZMA Special Exception [1] also cover LGPL so there should be absolutely no problems (e.g. to provide object code of LGPL part). Moreover if you release the LZMA part of NSIS under both CPL and LGPL this means that users can choose whatever licence they prefer, dropping the other (as you did now choosing CPL and dropping LGPL), as also explicitly stated by LZMA author [2]. This means that providing both CPL and LGPL gives the users more freedom than when only the CPL is provided. Thanks [1] http://www.7-zip.org/sdk.html SPECIAL EXCEPTION: Igor Pavlov, as the author of this code, expressly permit you statically or dynamically to link your code (or bind by name) to the files from LZMA SDK without subjecting your linked code to the terms of the CPL or GNU LGPL. Any modification or addition to any file in the LZMA SDK, however, is subject to the GNU LGPL or CPL terms. This SPECIAL EXCEPTION allows you to use LZMA SDK in applications with proprietary code, provided you keep the LZMA SDK code unmodified. [2] http://www.7-zip.org/sdk.html This means that you can select one of these four options and follow rules of that license. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Amir Szekely (kichik) Date: 2007-10-29 20:42 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=584402 Originator: NO LGPL is not good enough for our case. For more information, see: http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=171740&highlight=lgpl ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=373088&aid=1822101&group_id=22049 |