nanogui: Licensing


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Subject: Re: Licensing
From: klindsay ####@####.####
Date: 11 May 1999 16:53:12 -0000
Message-Id: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990511095035.25205A-100000@mocha.mkintraweb.com>

On Tue, 11 May 1999, Alex Holden wrote:

> We're only talking about the server itself, not the programs which run on
> it. It doesn't seem right that a company should be able to improve the
> server without releasing the improvements. One thing which just came to
> mind though, is what if a company writes a module, ie a graphics driver or
> window manager which links in with the server, or if they want to use the
> server in "linked into the application" mode rather than client/server
> mode...

  What about something like the LGPL?  You can link with it, add modules
etc, but your code doesn't have to be GPL'd.  Basically as long as you
don't copy/modify the server code then your code is under the license you
choose...

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Kevin Lindsay
Stormix Technologies Inc.

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