[zeromq-dev] zeromq licensing forbidden at my company
Aaron Watters
aaron.watters at gmail.com
Mon Apr 23 19:07:23 CEST 2012
Sorry. I should have checked the FAQ first. I may see if there is a
procedure
for making exceptions. I suspect the real policy is "no, unless you make a
fuss."
Thanks! -- Aaron Watters
On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 12:25 PM, Noah Gibbs <noah at ooyala.com> wrote:
> Some companies are against having to release source under any conditions.
> I don't work with him, but I've heard internal rumblings in such companies
> because if you modify/patch the LGPL'd software and release it, you'll have
> to share the modifications.
>
> Luckily, things have improved a lot since then at most companies :-)
>
> On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 9:08 AM, Ivan Pechorin <ivan.pechorin at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> 2012/4/23 Aaron Watters <aaron.watters at gmail.com>
>>
>> I just started a new job where I had hoped to use zeromq
>>> but I discovered that zeromq is listed on the internal "forbidden"
>>> list because of issues with LGPL. There may be political ways
>>> around this as far as I know, but just to ask...
>>>
>>
>> By the way, what are the issues exactly?
>>
>> I used to think that LGPL (not GPL!) with static linking exception is
>> safe for use in closed-source applications, from legal point of view.
>>
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