Re: [Bluez-devel] Questions about BlueZ in commercial use

Stephen Crane
2004-06-28T15:59:51Z

Hi all,
I have no objection to relicensing the SDP library under the LGPL.

Cheers,
Steve

On Mon, 2004-06-28 at 16:38, Marcel Holtmann wrote:
> Hi Ademar,
>
> > > For the BlueZ library and the utilities we can talk about it. Some time
> > > ago people asked for a LGPL version of the library and actually I tend
> > > to agree with that. However this can't be decided by me alone, because
> > > part of the code is copyright by Qualcomm and also by Maxim Krasnyansky
> > > himself.
> >
> > That would be something really interesting to hear about and I guess it's
> > important to define as soon as possible (to avoid including more people with
> > copyright code in the ring, for example).
>
> start asking Max about it. Since he is still working for Qualcomm we may
> resolve this issue very soon. If Qualcomm and Max agree on LGPL for the
> library I will also agree on it.
>
> But I forgot to mention the SDP part of the library. In the beginning it
> was based on the Affix code. I don't know how much of Affix is still in
> there. However you also have to ask Stephen Crane for permission.
>
> If everybody agree I will release a LGPL version of the library as soon
> as possible.
>
> > There are already companies interested in creating products with BT support
> > under Linux and bluez could be the definitive answer.
>
> Can you name them?
>
> Regards
>
> Marcel
>
>
>
>
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