[zeromq-dev] GPL'd libs

[Pieter Hintjens]

The source files don't in fact contain any copyright or license
statements at all, so the entire project has questionable status.
Normally you could relicense GPLv2 code as GPLv3, but that requires a
proper header in each file.

Since it is a relatively small project, what I would do is simply
rewrite it and license that properly (COPYING and COPYING.LESSER in
top directory and copyright statement + license header in each file).

-Pieter

On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 8:56 PM, Diego Duclos <diego.duclos at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have, the project has around 8 contributors or so.
> Sadly, roughly 4 of them didn't answer so far (it's been a few weeks since
> I've sent the mail)
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 8:44 PM, Pieter Hintjens <ph at imatix.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 8:14 PM, Diego Duclos <diego.duclos at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > In my case (why didn't I mention this ?) my specific problem is txZMQ.
>> > Which
>> > is, very sadly, a GPL'd lib
>>
>> Each project chooses its own license. We encourage people to use the
>> same LGPLv3+static link exception as libzmq uses, but it's only a
>> suggestion. As Stephen says, speak to the txZMQ author, he may be
>> willing to use a compatible license.
>>
>> -Pieter
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