On 8/25/06, Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Fri, 25 Aug 2006, Tommi Mäkitalo wrote: > I would like to change the license to LGPL. The problem here is, > that the mysql-driver links with mysql, which is GPL. Does this GPL > of mysql mean, that tntdb needs to be GPL also?
You didn't say whether the mysql-driver is part of the tntdb. I'm guessing that it is. I think that tntdb needs to be GPL also, but I don't have much experience in answering licensing-questions so you'd better get confirmation from someone else.
No; the LGPL is always compatible with the GPL. [You can always remove the LGPL from code licensed under it and redistribute it under the GPL.]
Are you sure? Because according to your interpretation I would be able to use *any* GPL:ed library using the terms of LGPL with this simple trick: 1. Take a GPL:ed library 2. Create LGPL:ed library which uses the GPL:ed library, and offers the exact same functionality. 3. Use the created LGPL:ed library instead of the original one, to get exact same functionality without (some) restrictions of the GPL. So I don't think your interpretation is correct. -- Markus Laire
