Hi Przemek, Thanks, I'm still not sure I understand the exact implications of LGPL to Harbour, but for me it's just as perfect to leave it as is.
Anyhow I wonder if there isn't any other standard license which would _properly_ fit Harbour. If there is, we should IMO consider using it for mentioned benefits and not reinventing it. Brgds, Viktor On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 2:29 PM, Przemyslaw Czerpak <dru...@acn.waw.pl>wrote: > On Thu, 12 Mar 2009, Szak�ts Viktor wrote: > > Hi all, > > What is the difference between GPL + Harbour exception and LGPL? > > Static linking. > For LGPL libraries you have to give final user a chance to upgrade > the LGPL part of binaries, f.e. because some serious bugs in the > LGPL code was fixed. You can make it in few different ways, > f.e. you can deliver on user request shared linked binaries so user > can easy replace used LGPL libraries. Of course it does not mean that > you have to assist in this process. It's user job to create compatible > version LGPL libraries and replace them if he wants. > > > I reckon LGPL wasn't nearly available when Harbour was born, so we > > had to come up with our own solution, but since now LGPL is around, > > LGPL is much older then Harbour. > > > shouldn't we consider switching our unique license to this standard one? > > See above. > > > For me these look fundamentally the same, and I'm ready to > > transition my own copyrighted material to LGPL if this thinking is > > right. (of course I mean only current GPL+exception parts). > > Using a standard license could probably help in the acceptance and > > evaluation of this project by 3rd parties (even Linux distros). > > Any opinions or insight on this? > > I agree but in some cases it may force distributing two binaries > shared and static ones. > In general I prefer shared libraries but it does not mean that > I do not see situations when static ones are easier to use, f.e. > due two insufficient final user knowledge. > > best regards, > Przemek > _______________________________________________ > Harbour mailing list > Harbour@harbour-project.org > http://lists.harbour-project.org/mailman/listinfo/harbour >
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