Re: GPL'ed libs -- oil and water?
On Thu, May 11, 2000 at 12:50:01PM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote:
> No, I am not writing proprietary code. Never have, hope I never will. The
> situation is this:
>
> there is a bsd licensed library I am helping to create (existing code was bsd
> and other authors want to keep it that way). I want to write an application
> that uses this library and a GPL'ed library. My goal was to license my app
> under the BSD and I wanted to ensure that I was able to and not see the "viral"
> side of the GPL.
You can license your code under BSD, but the app will be GPL until you
replace it with BSD.
Remember, however, that the only freedom BSD permits which GPL does not
is the freedom for the app to become proprietary. [But I do understand
that this leads into social issues as well.]
--
Raul
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