From: Gilles Chanteperdrix <gilles.chanteperdrix@xenomai.org>
To: "M. Koehrer" <mathias_koehrer@domain.hid>
Cc: xenomai@xenomai.org
Subject: Re: [Xenomai-help] License question: xenomai is LGPL but GPL in headers
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 11:16:50 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <455C3A92.3030402@domain.hid> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <21504966.1163669346422.JavaMail.ngmail@domain.hid>
M. Koehrer wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> I have a copyright question concerning Xenomai:
> As far as I understand it, Xenomai in user space is licensed under the LGPL
> which means that I may link any commercial application against it.
> My question is now:
> Even in a user space application I have to include some xenomai headers
> like <native/task.h>
> When I look into native/task.h I see there the GPL copyright statement and not
> the LGLP.
> My question is now:
> When I include the Xenomai headers in a user space application, does my
> user space application fall automatically under the GPL or is it still possible
> to build a commercial application?
>
> I am not a lawyer, however sometime I think each software developer should be a lawyer..
Look at include/COPYING: there is an exception for headers.
--
Gilles Chanteperdrix
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-11-16 10:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-11-16 9:29 [Xenomai-help] License question: xenomai is LGPL but GPL in headers M. Koehrer
2006-11-16 10:16 ` Gilles Chanteperdrix [this message]
2006-11-16 11:53 ` Philippe Gerum
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