[zeromq-dev] ZeroMQ License

[Pieter Hintjens]

We don't insist on this; each project is free to define its own license.

E.g. pyzmq has a dual LGPL+BSD license.

libzmq, JeroMQ, NetMQ have the original LGPLv3+SLE license.

CZMQ, Zyre have the MPLv2.

-Pieter


On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 3:10 PM, Wynne Adam (CR/RTC3.1-NA)
<Adam.Wynne at us.bosch.com> wrote:
> Do all ZMQ libraries that have not migrated to MPLv2 have this "static link exception?
>
> Thanks
> Adam
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: zeromq-dev-bounces at lists.zeromq.org [mailto:zeromq-dev-bounces at lists.zeromq.org] On Behalf Of Pieter Hintjens
> Sent: Friday, October 16, 2015 1:15 AM
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> Subject: Re: [zeromq-dev] ZeroMQ License
>
> libzmq is distributed under LGPLv3 with a static link exception.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 10:57 PM, Peter Ritter <ritter.pet at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hello
>>
>> 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.
>> Thanks in advance.
>> Peter
>>
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