Thank you Phil, that explains it. [ Probably we won't find a standard license, as macro is a quite unique feature. ] Brgds, Viktor
On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 5:49 AM, Phil Barnett <ph...@philb.us> wrote: > Viktor Szakáts wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> What is the difference between GPL + Harbour exception and LGPL? >> >> 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, shouldn't we >> consider switching our unique license to this standard one? >> >> 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? >> > The reason for the Harbour exception was so that we could include the macro > compiler inside distributed executables without violating the GPL. > > _______________________________________________ > Harbour mailing list > Harbour@harbour-project.org > http://lists.harbour-project.org/mailman/listinfo/harbour >
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