Quoting Michael Sternberg, from the post of Wed, 07 Nov:
>
> It looks that if we will use libintl as DLL - we're OK, as it stated here:
> http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/gettext.html#Discussions
>
> Am I right ?
Yes from what _we_ know. Of course your company's lawyer should be aware
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Quoting Ori Idan, from the post of Wed, 07 Nov:
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> If it is GPL, I am happy, this shows the greatness of GPL, it forces free
> software.
actually, that's a bad way of putting things and the wrong marketing
message to put up there.
GPL only works happily with other free software. if you want to
Well, this is the greatness of GPL that it demands publishing your source
code.
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Ori Idan
On Nov 7, 2007 9:36 AM, Michael Sternberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I agree that GPL is great and know that GPL applications can be
> commercial. The problem is that it demands to publish your appl
I agree that GPL is great and know that GPL applications can be
commercial. The problem is that it demands to publish your application's
source code which is not acceptable in most commercial applications.
But yes, as gettext site says it: libintl and libasprintf libraries are
LGPL, executab
I am not sure but I think the gettext library is LGPL, only the tools are
GPL.
If it is GPL, I am happy, this shows the greatness of GPL, it forces free
software.
Keep in mind that GPL application does not mean free (as in free beer)
application. GPL application can be commercial.
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Ori Idan
Continuing thread "application localization in Linux".
I've checked gettext package and seems to answer all our needs for
translating interface of our application on every possible platform.
Actually wikipedia gives a very short and clear explanation here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gettext
