Frank Küster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Michael Banck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 04:46:22PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote:
>>> also sprach Kari Pahula <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [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? 

Any license that is compatible with the GPL, such as the revised BSD
license.

>> 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.

That doesn't mean libraries shouldn't be licensed under the GPL, see
<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-not-lgpl.html>.

/Simon


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