Hi all,
I am currently working on a Linux based project that need Bluetooth
support. I need to basically receive images from Bluetooth devices and print
them.
The code printing the images is proprietary and can’t
be GPL’d.
Since bluez is GPL, I can’t just link against it
without being forced to make my code GPL which I can’t, my customer won’t
allow me to release their IP to the public.
I was thinking of doing this:
A small daemon that uses the bluez library that would, on
image reception from a device, push the image to another print daemon over a
name pipe or socket. Does this break the GPL in any way? If I understand the
license correctly, I would have to make my Bluetooth daemon GPL but my print
daemon wouldn’t have to be GPL.
Can you please confirm? Do you guys have any issue with
that?
The last thing I want to do is upset anybody or put my
customer in a position where he could be sued. Worst case, I’ll have to
buy a stack from a company like StoneStreet or implement a custom stack for my
customer (which will bump the price by a lot J).
Regards,
Pat Laplante
Principal Engineer
Vanteon Corporation
Office: (585) 248-0510 x298
Fax: (585) 248-0537
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