[cad-linux] Re: lx-viewer & DWF
- From: lee.harding@xxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: cad-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 11:46:21 -0700
Assuming I can get the license worked out, would there be interest in adding
DWF capabilities to lx-viewer? The code to draw the primities must already be
there, so it would be mainly a matter of reading the files, right?
-----Original Message-----
From: phrostie [mailto:pfrostie@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: September 10, 2002 11:39 AM
To: cad-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [cad-linux] Re: lx-viewer & DWF
acctually i think that most toolkits for OSS are either BSD or LGPL.
i like the GPL too but there are times when other licences are more
appropriate.
--- Jeffrey McGrew <JMcGrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I noticed that there are no DWF viewers for Linux, and was=20
> > wondering why. Is there something I can do to help with that?
>
> Probably because of the licensing you mention below. A lot of tools for =
> Linux use GPL code. This means that they have to be able to distribute =
> the code of the DWF viewer if they use any pre-existing GPL code, so =
> that would step on the toes of the AutoDesk license that doesn't allow =
> that. A DWF viewer for Linux would need to use non-GPL code, like some =
> of the other licenses that allow open & closed code to co-exist, or be =
> written from scratch. This is a lot more work that using pre-existing =
> GPL code, so it's unlikely that someone, in there spare time, would =
> write one unless they really needed it or if there was money in it for =
> them.=20
>
> This a good example of why the GPL doesn't always lead to development of =
> a piece of software; the GPL is a great thing, but being a software =
> license it is still restrictive in some way. I'm not bashing the GPL, I =
> love it and it's reprocusions, I'm just stating what I think.
>
> Keep in mind that this is just my 2 cents, and I'm by no means a GPL =
> expert, lawyer, or Linux expert, so your mileage may vary and you'll =
> want to talk to other people too.
>
> Jeffrey McGrew=20
>
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