Re: libapt-pkg for commercial use
On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 11:20:33AM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org> writes:
>
> > On Wed, Apr 04, 2012 at 08:59:57PM +0200, debian@srv.arnoldbechtoldt.com wrote:
> >> Dear developers,
> >>
> >> I would like to ask you whether I am allowed to use libapt-pkg/
> >> libapt-inst (c++ lib) for my software,
> >> which won't be licensed under the GNU GPL (at least in the next 1-2
> >> years). libapt would be linked dynamically (*.so).
> >>
> >> Am I allowed to do this? I'm sorry for not understanding the GPL
> >> correctly and hope for some replies.
> >
> > You must license your work in a license compatible to the GPL, so that
> > it can be distributed under the terms of the GPL. In short, you can use
> > any license that does not impose more restrictions than the GPL. This
> > definitely means it must be free software, and effectively GPL.
> >
> > You should find all information you need at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
> >
> > --
> > Julian Andres Klode - Debian Developer, Ubuntu Member
> >
> > See http://wiki.debian.org/JulianAndresKlode and http://jak-linux.org/.
>
> Why isn't libapt LGPL?
Someone started with GPL sometime in the 90s probably. We cannot switch
that to anything else now. And the FSF always said that you should choose
the GPL even for libraries, which might have influenced that decision
back then (just guessing, I don't know it).
--
Julian Andres Klode - Debian Developer, Ubuntu Member
See http://wiki.debian.org/JulianAndresKlode and http://jak-linux.org/.
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