[Mono-list] - C# / OpenGL and System.Windows.Forms on

[Thong (Tum) Nguyen]

If you need to use a GPLed library in a non GPL program then you can
negotiate with the copyright holders.

Sometimes GPL can protect OSS developers from being 'exploited' by
companies.

^Tum

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mono-list-admin@lists.ximian.com [mailto:mono-list-
> admin@lists.ximian.com] On Behalf Of C=E9dric Marcone
> Sent: Friday, 7 February 2003 3:33 a.m.
> To: Adam Treat
> Cc: Freddy BL; mono-list@ximian.com; sebastien.dedieu@free.fr
> Subject: Re: [Mono-list] - C# / OpenGL and System.Windows.Forms on
>=20
> Because linking to a GPLed library "forces" your software to be GPLed,
> not with LGPL.
>=20
> On Thu, 2003-02-06 at 14:08, Adam Treat wrote:
> > --- Freddy BL <freddy_bl@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > CsGL is licensed under the MIT/BSD-license. Thats license is ok, I
> think.
> > > The Mesa3D-library is licensed under an similar BSD-license.
> > > At your project-page under http://sourceforge.net/projects/monoglo
> there
> > > stand "License: GNU General Public License (GPL)". Thats what I
don't
> like.
> > > MonoGLo is a library. So BSD/MIT is ok and LGPL is ok, but not
GPL!
> > > (Btw: Adam have choosen for Qt# the same license) :-(
> >
> > Could you please explain *why* you think the GPL is not acceptable
for
> libraries?  The GPL is one
> > of the most widely used Free Software licenses.  The LGPL license is
> known as the *lesser* license
> > and was created for strategic reasons not because of any principle
that
> 'libraries should be free
> > for proprietary developers'.  Do you wish to create proprietary
software
> with MonoGlo?
> >
> > Adam
> >
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