On Thursday, January 17, 2013 11:46:49 PM Matthew Dawson wrote: > On January 17, 2013 09:51:45 PM Shawn Starr wrote: > > On Thursday, January 17, 2013 09:47:27 PM Matthew Dawson wrote: > > > On January 17, 2013 08:06:05 PM Shawn Starr wrote: > > > > Hello folks, > > > > > > > > I need to get approvals from those who made some changes to the engine > > > > code, the change is to append the exemption clause to GPLv2+ so that I > > > > can link the binaries to QNX's libc / and RIM's cascades libs, as > > > > these > > > > are considered core to the OS. > > <snip> > > > > Sorry if I don't understand what you are asking for, but to link GPL > > > software against system libraries doesn't require exceptions (see > > > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#SystemLibraryException > > > > > > ). If you are linking other applications against the engine code, then > > > the > > > > > > exceptions is required. > > > > The libraries being linked into are not GPL however thats the need for the > > exemption clause. QNX's libc and RIM's cascades are not GPL/LGPL > > libraries. > > > > Thanks, > > Shawn. > > I understood that. However, as the GPL faq states, GPL programs can link to > system libraries that are closed source. libc (assuming that is the C > library) is definitly a system library, and I assume cascades is one too > (it's stated in the GPL what the definition is). This is why you don't > need an exception for GPL software on Windows. > > The exceptions you talk about are for applications (a third party) linking > against libraries (being the weather data engines), thus creating a LGPL > like license. The wikipedia article you linked to describes this in > detail. > > Now, if you are looking for the code to be LGPL like, then I'd think it be > easiest to re-license the code to the LGPL. If you simply need to link to > system libraries, then no exception/re-licensing is necessary. > > Matthew >
Hi Matthew, That is a good point and makes this all moot now. I totally forgot about Windows core DLLs that GPL code links to. Thanks for reminding me of this. Shawn. > _______________________________________________ > Plasma-devel mailing list > Plasma-devel@kde.org > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/plasma-devel _______________________________________________ Plasma-devel mailing list Plasma-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/plasma-devel
