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Article #106Re: [OT] Re: I need a GPL (llllooooonnnngggg) integer library
From: Mikko Rauhala
Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2001 23:04
Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2001 23:04
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On Sun, 09 Dec 2001 11:20:03 -0800, Tom Plunket <tomas@fancy.org> wrote: > This makes me wonder about something that's come up before but > was silently elided from replies. Does this essentially mean > that any code targeted at the Linux platform that doesn't > significnatly reinvent the wheel (even worse if it's an app > intended to run under Gnome or KDE) is bound to make their > sources available? No. Read the licenses. Most essential libraries that aren't available under X11/BSD type licences use the LGPL license, which allows redistribution of closed source binaries provided that they can be linked with a modified version of the LGPL binary by the recipient. Since you mentioned KDE, a notable exception is Qt, its widget toolkit of choice; you have to obtain a separate license to use that in a closed source product, although Qt itself is (nowadays) free software. > If so- this would be a major stopping point to having "commercial > applications" developed for Linux. Yes, you're not the first one to note this, and I'd wager not the last one either... This really belongs to gnu.misc.discuss. -- Mikko Rauhala - mjr@iki.fi - http://www.iki.fi/mjr/
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fc89c,52c5e2659fc1bec3 X-Google-Attributes: gidfc89c,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,52c5e2659fc1bec3 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: f7a51,52c5e2659fc1bec3 X-Google-Attributes: gidf7a51,public X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,936e896ada2e3152 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-12-09 15:04:13 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!news1.ebone.net!news.ebone.net!newsrouter.euroconnect.net!newsfeed.song.fi!news.cc.tut.fi!news.helsinki.fi!mjr From: mjr@iki.fi (Mikko Rauhala) Newsgroups: microsoft.public.vc.language,comp.unix.programmer,comp.lang.c++,gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: [OT] Re: I need a GPL (llllooooonnnngggg) integer library Supersedes: <slrna17rdm.ucq.mjr@sirppi.helsinki.fi> Followup-To: gnu.misc.discuss Date: 9 Dec 2001 23:04:10 GMT Organization: University of Helsinki Lines: 27 Message-ID: <slrna17rfa.ucq.mjr@sirppi.helsinki.fi> References: <Xns916FA6E073965nooneallnet@209.25.157.130> <u14J7GrfBHA.1212@tkmsftngp04> <ef2634b2.0112070752.1fb521b5@posting.google.com> <20011207175314.0386ffc1.Stefaan.Eeckels@ecc.lu> <p5lmge3oom.fsf@lemming.engeast.baynetworks.com> <20011207225427.6cf9492c.Stefaan.Eeckels@ecc.lu> <3C113C9C.ACE887EE@webmaster.com> <yu8elm6lg1n.fsf_-_@mcowan-linux.transmeta.com> <3C1163F9.B61EF216@webmaster.com> <20011208113458.2767f6c1.Stefaan.Eeckels@ecc.lu> <3C12557C.DDEA79DB@webmaster.com> <j4e71u4d5hoikd63iq4gv4ee88dd0qt1rn@4ax.com> Reply-To: mjr@iki.fi NNTP-Posting-Host: sirppi.helsinki.fi X-Trace: oravannahka.helsinki.fi 1007939050 15445 128.214.205.27 (9 Dec 2001 23:04:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.helsinki.fi NNTP-Posting-Date: 9 Dec 2001 23:04:10 GMT User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.0 (OSF1)