"So if you want to write a non-copylefted application, release it under the X11 license, and link it with a GPL-covered library, that is allowed. The linked executable would be covered by the GPL, of course, but the app source code would be covered by the X11 license alone."
-Richard Stallman, allegedly on the Gnome mailing list (though Googling turns up only quotations, not the original). At http://www.gnu.org/licenses/info/BSD_2Clause.html the FSF officially documents 2-clause BSD-style licenses as GPL compatible. In fact, I believe the Linux kernel may have code used under 3-clause BSD licenses. The only claim of incompatibility I have seen is at: http://www.kallisys.org/bsd-lite/bsd-gpl/?lg=en I have the following notice in my code, after the license: /* The following notice is solely informational. It is neither legal advice * nor part of the license. * * Please note that although this code is released under a BSD license, it * might link with programs released under the GNU General Public License. * These might include Sword and/or the Windows edition of Qt. Due to the * terms of the GPL, binaries of any program which is linked to software * covered by the GPL must be released under the GPL. This is permitted * here because the BSD license allows the code to be used under other * licenses, including the GPL. When linked with GPL software, the * resulting binary must be released under the GPL. This restriction does * not apply if the code that uses GPL software is removed. */ I have not added any code to use Sword yet, and the Qt use complies with the QPL. Do I need to change something? I don't want to do anything illegal... -Jeremy Erickson _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page
