Ede is correct. If you use code from the OJ core you've got to release
your lib as GPL.

Julien wrote: "I know: as I told you before, I ran some tests with
Mickaël's code."

I wasn't talking about Mickael's code, I was talking about
Christopher's. He was our Google Summer of Code student last year and
has some triangulation code in the SVN:

http://jump-pilot.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/jump-pilot/summer_of_code/jtin/

He's got some good stuff in there.

SS

On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 10:42 AM, Edgar Soldin<edgar.sol...@web.de> wrote:
> Julien Perret wrote:
>> 2009/6/26 Sunburned Surveyor <sunburned.surve...@gmail.com>
>>
>>> Julien wrote: "The issue is that GeOxgene licenses is LGPL and
>>> OpenJump's is GPL, so I guess we have to release the library under
>>> GPL, right?"
>>>
>>> I don't believe this is the case. GPL programs can used LGPL
>>> libraries. The LGPL was designed this way on purpose. In fact, I think
>>> that JTS, OJ's geometry library is released under the LGPL.
>>>
>>> See this link for more info:
>>>
>>> "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/License_compatibility";
>>
>>
>> I might have not explained it clearly: this small library uses both
>> GeOxygene code and OpenJump code.
>> Using OpenJump code automatically makes this code GPL, no?
>> God, these license issues are tiresome :)
>>
>>
> yes the more restrictive license applies .. gpl in this case
>
> regards ede
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