Re: [JPP-Devel] OpenJump plugins and License issues

2009-06-26 Thread Michaël Michaud
Hi, > we're about to release a library allowing to use GeOxygene > (http://oxygene-project.sourceforge.net/) tools inside OpenJump plugins. > It mainly contains helper classes allowing to convert openjump > features to geoxygene features and the other way around. > The issue is that GeOxgene lice

Re: [JPP-Devel] OpenJump plugins and License issues

2009-06-26 Thread Sunburned Surveyor
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

Re: [JPP-Devel] OpenJump plugins and License issues

2009-06-26 Thread Julien Perret
Thanks 2009/6/26 Edgar Soldin > Julien Perret wrote: > > 2009/6/26 Sunburned Surveyor > > > >> 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

Re: [JPP-Devel] OpenJump plugins and License issues

2009-06-26 Thread Edgar Soldin
Julien Perret wrote: > 2009/6/26 Sunburned Surveyor > >> 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 w

Re: [JPP-Devel] OpenJump plugins and License issues

2009-06-26 Thread Julien Perret
2009/6/26 Sunburned Surveyor > 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

Re: [JPP-Devel] OpenJump plugins and License issues

2009-06-26 Thread Sunburned Surveyor
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

[JPP-Devel] OpenJump plugins and License issues

2009-06-26 Thread Julien Perret
Hi, we're about to release a library allowing to use GeOxygene ( http://oxygene-project.sourceforge.net/) tools inside OpenJump plugins. It mainly contains helper classes allowing to convert openjump features to geoxygene features and the other way around. The issue is that GeOxgene licenses is LG