[zeromq-dev] ZeroMQ License

[Steven McCoy]

On 15 October 2015 at 16:57, Peter Ritter <ritter.pet at gmail.com> wrote:

> I got a quick question about the ZeroMQ license. I was under the
> impression that ZeroMQ is distributed under the LGPL license (GNU Lesser
> General Public License). However, I just used the Windows installer (64Bit)
> and it pretty much looked like I had to agree to the GPL (GNU General
> Public License). I ran the installer twice just to be sure. I didn't see
> anything about LGPL. Maybe I'm imagining things, but I thought I'd ask
> nonetheless.
>
>
Distributing under the LGPL also requires providing the license document
for GPL:

http://grokbase.com/t/zeromq/zeromq-dev/112ftr1kqz/licensing-question

The Windows installer simply presents both GPL and LGPL license files
together in order to follow the requirements.

-- 
Steve-o
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