Re: PROPOSAL: licensing guidelines
Maurizio De Cecco <maurizio@mandrakesoft.com> writes:
> The standard define the API, while the licence cover the
> implementation, right ?
Yes, but we should not define an API for which there isn't any free
software.
> Should this then translate that the standard should include only
> library APIs for which at least one Open Source that is not GPL
> implementation exists ?
The LGPL is used for most libraries and it meets these guidelines.
The "L" in LGPL used to stand for "library" (now it's "lesser").
Requiring the use of a GPL library would mean that commercial vendors
wouldn't use that part of the standard, which defeats part of the
purpose of having a standard base system.
Dan
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