On 08/26/2013 01:27 AM, Or Goshen wrote: > hi, > > I would like to use the module spawn-pipe in a library called libguestfs to > make it compileable under mingw. currently the library is using the > fork/exec combination which doesnt compile under mingw (mingw doesnt > support fork). spawn-pipe looks like a good replacement, however it is > licensed GPL which is a problem for an LGPL library. > > Is it possible to relicense that module (and its dependencies) to be LGPL > instead ?
Unfortunately, spawn-pipe currently depends on error() in order to exit the program on certain failures. Such behavior is inappropriate for libraries, and thus this is a strong argument against relaxing the license to LGPL. -- Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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