[liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: Licensing of liblouis tools and xml2brl
- From: "John J. Boyer" <johnjboyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 10:12:34 -0500
Christian,
I agree in general. Despite my dislike of the GPL I think it is phobably
the best way to go for the tools and xml2brl now. The main objection is
that makers of proprietary software may run scared at the mere mention
of GPL, as Neil points out.
John
On Fri, Oct 02, 2009 at 04:21:23PM +0200, Christian Egli wrote:
> Hi all
>
> On Thu, 2009-10-01 at 23:03 +0100, Michael Whapples wrote:
> > If your main aim is to get as many people using the libraries and
> > programs as possible, then I would agree with Neil
>
> We agree on the licensing of the library. For the liblouis library is a
> good license and will enable wide adoption. However when talking about
> the licensing of the tools I have a different opinion. The GPL allows
> for wide adoption as anyone is allowed to _use_ the tools. They simply
> cannot link to the tools. I don't think anyone is disputing the fact
> that people do not want to link to the tools. So the GPL does not pose
> any problems when it comes to wide adoption of the tools. On the
> contrary: By using gnulib the tools will hopefully have a certain level
> of sophistication which will enable a wider use and adoption.
>
> > Coming to your specific question, would making the tools GPL affect
> > calling them rather than linking with them. Well the answer doesn't
> > seem to be clear or fully decided, I found the following in the
> > frequently asked questions on the GNU website:
>
> I would argue that the GPL does not affect this as the tools are
> separate programs and are invoked through simple command line parameters
> and maybe a pipe to stdout at most.
>
> Thanks
> Christian
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