Plex86 is LGPL. On Wed, 10 Apr 2002, Robert Millan wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 11:05:23PM +0200, Jeroen Dekkers wrote: > > > > > I don't see why this should be a problem (there's no problem running > > > Emacs on Microsoft Windows, for example). > > > > But plex86 is a bit different from emacs, plex86 needs to "intergrate" > > with windows to do its job if I'm right. That means a GPL > > volitation. I don't have any knowledge about windows, can somebody > > tell me how the interface works on that platform? > > IIRC there's an vxd driver, but it's distributed separately from Plex86. > then Plex86 is built on cygwin and works with the kernel stuff. > > How about licensing that vxd separately with LGPL and the rest of > Plex86 with GPL? There's no problem for a GPL program to interact > in any way with an LGPLed one. This way Plex86 can be GPL and > take code from other GPL projects. > > However, since Bochs is also LGPL that makes me think there can be > something else that disallows using the GPL. > > Maybe because nonfree OSes need to be run inside Plex86? I believe > that this isn't important, what is forbidden is to link non-GPL > software with GPLed one. > > -- > Robert Millan > |^^^ | | |^^| |^^^ Drew Northup, N1XIM |^^| | |^^^ \ / /^^\ /^^~ |__ | | | | | |__| | |___ \/ |__| |__ | | | | | | www.plex86.org | | | /\ | | | \ ___| |__| |__| |___ web.syr.edu/~suoc/ | |___ |___ / \ __/ __/
