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List:       debian-devel
Subject:    Re: Bug#366834: ITP: cxxtools -- library of unrelated, but useful C++ classes
From:       Thiemo Seufer <ths () networkno ! de>
Date:       2006-05-11 15:46:25
Message-ID: 20060511154621.GA17065 () networkno ! de
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Frank Küster wrote:
> Michael Banck <mbanck@debian.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 04:46:22PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote:
> >> also sprach Kari Pahula <kaol@debian.org> [2006.05.11.1535 +0200]:
> >> > * License         : GPL v2 or later
> >> 
> >> That will make it pretty useless for non-GPL applications. 
> >
> > Non-GPL compatible applications, you mean?
> 
> Which non-GPL license can I choose for a software that uses this
> library? 

BSD should be fine, for example.

> > Seconds, since when do we consider the GPL to be viral?
> 
> Don't know about you, but the FSF does - it has created the LGPL because
> of this.

http://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-not-lgpl.html


Thiemo


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