Deimos X11 bindings license question

jmh530 via Digitalmars-d digitalmars-d at puremagic.com
Tue Sep 5 11:23:00 PDT 2017


On Tuesday, 5 September 2017 at 18:12:23 UTC, bachmeier wrote:
>
> But LGPL and GPL are very different licenses. Also, while I 
> don't have time to participate in yet another debate on the 
> topic, the GPL does not in any way restrict users. Using GPL 
> code means you promise *not* to impose restrictions. Feel free 
> to use whatever license you want, but please do not make 
> inaccurate claims about them.

I suppose it depends on how you define user. Someone who simply 
uses GPL code without distributing it would not face 
restrictions. However, if you use GPL code in a project and want 
to distribute it, then you also have to license that project as 
GPL.


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