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GPL or LGPL
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- Subject: GPL or LGPL
- From: Adrian Feiguin <feiguin at magnet dot fsu dot edu>
- Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 11:04:49 -0500 (EST)
Hi. The GSL called my attention and I must say that it's an outstanding
library. I've been looking for something like this to link to my
application: a Microcal Origin clone, a program for scientific graphics.
However, I'm not sure yet if my program will be released under GPL,
although it will be open source. In that case I wouldn't be able to link
to gsl.
IMHO, I personally believe that libraries must be released under a less
restrictive license, like LGPL, that allows to link dynamically to them,
without forcing to use the GPL/LGPL for your code. I released libraries
myself under LGPL and I think that that's the right choice (even though my
libraries are being used for commercial applications -Applixware)
I apologize if this is not the right place to post this, or if this issue
was discussed before.
Regards,
<ADRIAN>