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Re: [tlug] A semi-related question



I know this is splitting hairs, but GPL requires ANY porject staticly OR
dynamicly linked to be GPL'ed, not just static.  It is the LGPL that
allows dynamicaly linked code to be non-GPL.

Thanks for the advise though.  :-) I will look at many options.

> Kenneth,
>
> The Apache and FreeBSD licenses may provide what you are after.
>
> http://63.249.85.132/fbsd_intro.html
>
>
> § What is the ``new BSD license''?
>
>  • FreeBSD is NOT under the GPL license. FreeBSD is under the so-called
> new, or two-clauseBSD license, which is very friendly to
> commercialization. Tangentially, the X Windows license and the Apache
> web server license are similar to the new BSD license (NOT to the GPL,
> which requires that any code statically linking to GPLed code also be
> placed under the GPL, making the source openly available and
> non-proprietary).
>



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