FeedSpot Recognizes the GtkDcoding Blog

[Andre Pany]

On Friday, 7 February 2020 at 20:36:41 UTC, Bastiaan Veelo wrote:
> On Friday, 7 February 2020 at 14:23:58 UTC, Andre Pany wrote:
>> Also from me congratulations!
>>
>> GtkD (GTK) are a great piece of software and your tutorials 
>> are fantastic to get into it.
>>
>> Now the sad part. I would like to use GtkD at work but I 
>> can't. The license is really dangerous for companies (you 
>> compile lGpl source code into your application), therefore it 
>> is a complete no go from the IP department. The license is a 
>> huge blocker for GtkD commercial usage.
>
> This is just FUD, and not true. Did you read the license? [1] 
> It explicitly states additional freedoms not present in the 
> LGPL. You may even link statically without the license 
> infecting your proprietary code!
>
> It seems to me it is the incompetence of your IP department 
> that is your problem, not the GtkD license.
>
>> I would like to run GTK applications in the browser (broadway 
>> html5). Due to the license issue I have to use the C api):
>
> What difference does that make, legally? AFAIK the C api 
> license is more restrictive than GtkD’s license.
>
>> I hope the authors of GtkD could change their mind in future.
>
> In what way? I’d advise your IP department to talk to Mike Wey 
> directly.
>
> Bastiaan.
>
> [1] https://github.com/gtkd-developers/GtkD/blob/master/COPYING

Are this point of time I didn't contacted the IP department. I 
try to advertise the D Programming Language at the place I work. 
There are multiple programming languages used and no one has 
heard of D before.
Although you are right, the label lgpl makes my job harder. From 
a risk management perspective I understand if a team architect 
decides for any other language just to be 100% on the safe side.

This is the point I want to stress.

Kind regards
Andre