On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 9:40 AM, Lukas Renggli <renggli@gmail.com> wrote:
Well, looking at GST is probably not a good idea when working on such a project, because it is LGPL licensed. I am just saying that I like the design and implementation of this particular library (which could already mean derivate work).
Why being LGPL licensed may be an issue?
Taking an idea from (L)GPL code forces you to use (L)GPL for your code as well. See the recent discussions (mess) in the Squeak and Swazoo mailing-lists. The exact meaning of "taking an idea" depends on the interpretation. Some people argue that only reading (L)GPL code makes your code (L)GPL.
A library under LGPL can be used in any kind of software open-source or not. This is the difference between LGPL and GPL. The problem here, is that we don't just want to use the library but make a derivative work (I guess). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Lesser_General_Public_License Would it be possible for Gnu Smalltalk to release this library under LGPL and MIT? -- Damien Cassou Peter von der Ahé: «I'm beginning to see why Gilad wished us good luck». (http://blogs.sun.com/ahe/entry/override_snafu)