[Bluez-devel] Using BlueZ in commercial applications - Once again.

[Heiko Wundram|Beenic <wundram@beenic.net>]

Hi all!

I'm currently developing a (C++) Bluetooth (server) application under Linux=
, =

and recently noticed that the BlueZ library (-lbluetooth) is licensed under =

the GPL, at least according from the bluez-libs sources which I was scannin=
g =

for documentation (and according to quite a few mails on this list from =

others asking, but which never seem to gather enough interest to =

actually "deserve" a longer and more detailed reply than "yes, it is").

The BlueZ website documentation and FAQ pages have no single mention of =

linking (or, rather, not linking) BlueZ against commercial apps, though, =

which I gather should be put there at some update (for helpless souls like =

me... :-)).

Anyway, as my application links against -lbluetooth for SDP service =

registration (and also has source files include bluetooth/bluetooth.h and =

others for the AF_*- and similar constants to open and manage server socket=
s =

offered by the kernel modules), I don't see a big chance of keeping BlueZ a=
s =

my bluetooth stack, though, as the SDP service registration architecture =

isn't offered through the D-BUS interface yet (at least not according to th=
e =

documentation, if I understood that properly), and neither is server socket =

creation. Is this true?

Finally: is anyone feeling qualified and interested enough to properly expl=
ain =

to what extent BlueZ can and/or cannot be used in commercial (bluetooth =

server, in my case an implementation of the server-side of the OBEX File =

Transfer Profile) applications? I'm thinking of the fact that the constants =

that define Bluetooth sockets (in bluetooth/*) are specific to BlueZ and ar=
e =

GPL-marked by the file headers, but the kernel headers that define other =

Linux-specific constants have all been stripped of a license completely, =

which might, but not necessarily must mean something, as if I include a =

header file I don't link code, but only data.

Thanks in advance! I'd hate to be having to move to FreeBSD... :-)

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Heiko Wundram
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