* Richard Braakman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001/07/22 17:42]: > On Sun, Jul 22, 2001 at 03:03:50PM +0200, Rafael Laboissiere wrote: > > My problem here is the following: let us say that L1 is released under the > > LGPL. Now, imagine that some non-free software links against L1. "No > > problem, L1 is LGPL'd", you would say. But, hey!, L1 links against L2, > > which is GPL'd. This means, that, in practical terms, L1 can only be used > > by packages with GPL-compatible licenses, which means that the licensing > > terms of L1 are, after all, equivalent to the GPL. So, although L1 is > > released under the LGPL, it is actually GPL'd (by the fact that is links > > against L2). > > The difference becomes significant if someone takes part of L1 and uses > it in some other project. Then the dependency on L2 may not apply. > Even if the dependency is extreme, the other project would reimplement > L1 under a different license, and then use L2 under the LGPL.
Thanks for your clear repsonse. I just noticed that this issue has been discussed in debian-legal recently. I apologize for not having browsed the archives before asking. There should be a FAQ for debian-legal... -- Rafael
