Just to be clear, my understanding is that MBraille does not violate the LGPL license, it does not modify liblouis and uses it as a library. However, I'm not a lawyer either.
I think LGPL using mobile applications in app-stores is a legally gray area, I don't think it has ever been tested in court. I'd be highly surprised if a first court case would be for an accessible application.
I have read that if someone complains about GPL software being used in an app to Apple, Apple will pull the app from the store. But LGPL should be ok.
But if someone thinks MBraille should not use liblouis, please speak up and I'll stop immediately.
Regards, Harri On 01/13/2015 06:16 PM, John Gardner wrote:
This is the latest in a long discussion thread about LGPL. As one of the present copyright holders, I have felt a responsibility of following the LGPL rules. I am finding that some of my competitors are not doing so. So for me personally it is an ethical quandary. And since ultimately all the copyright holders have pledged to turn ownership over to a non-profit organization, it is probably a legal question as well. Should the copyright holders sue Harry and a few other organizations for license violation? None of us are inclined to do that, but I do not know whether we might eventually become legal targets if we do not. None of us has money to spend on lawyers to tell us whether and how we should enforce the LGPL rules. A number of us have suggested changing the license to something that is a bit more permissive, but there is a core of fierce opposition to that idea. We are even having trouble getting everybody to agree to use LGPL2.1 instead of LGPL3. And there are organizations that will not use liblouis if the license remains LGPL3, and I don't really blame them. Anybody have any ideas? John Gardner -----Original Message----- From: liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Harri Pasanen Sent: Monday, January 12, 2015 2:21 AM To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: GNU license and MBraille Hi, If I'm correct liblouis can be used under LGPL license. I posted to this list a shell script that builds a shared library out of liblouis, thus fitting the LGPL requirements. Even if I would be infringing on the license, I'm not sure whose interest it would be to sue me. It is not like there is big money involved... Harri On 12/01/2015 10:39, dulan silva wrote:Hi Harri, I read that you integrated liblouis into MBraille, and that you uploaded a version to the Play Store. Some time ago there was a discussion in the list about how to go around the GNU license under which liblouis can be used. I wonder how you solved these issues? Your comments would be welcome, since many in the list were frustrated by the obstacles that the GNU license imposes on the use of liblouis, and there was even an effort to try to change the type of license, but it does not seem to have succeeded. Thanks, DulanFor a description of the software, to download it and links to project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com ��u� �*m���~�^������h�yhiحjwe�y,��k�7����z�(��m���� n)b�'����com=
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