[zeromq-dev] GPL'd libs

[Diego Duclos]

Cheers,

I guess my plans for the next few evenings is set then :)

Diego Duclos


On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 9:14 PM, Pieter Hintjens <ph at imatix.com> wrote:

> 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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