[cad-linux] Re: openDWG toolkit perl wrapper: GPL?

licence issues seem to have always been a problem with OpenDWG.
it seems that there is,
what the site says,
what the included docs say, 
and then what the reps from opendwg say.

i don't pertend to understand.
read well, ask all.
:-/

On Tuesday 27 May 2003 18:18, you wrote:
> I've gotten the go-ahead to open-source our SWIG-based Perl module which
> wraps the openDWG toolkit, allowing access to dxf and dwg files from Perl. 
> At this point, we are trying to decide how to handle it.
>
> I think the licensing should be GPL, but LGPL might also be appropriate
> here (except how do you close-source Perl code? (I know it is possible, but
> it isn't really common.))
>
> Right now, it needs some work, which is why we are open-sourcing it.  It is
> functional, but I am no C programmer, so it is a hack in a few places.  It
> currently supports read and write of most 2D geometry, but because of the
> complexity of the data structures (and the verbosity of C), it has been
> created as a higher-level interface to the toolkit.
>
> I'd appreciate hearing any opinions and level of interest from anyone that
> might want to be involved.
>
> Thanks,
> Eric Wilhelm

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