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On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 16:19:37 +0000 Martin White wrote:
Often, even if libraries already exist to do something it is easier to write something from scratch than to get the corporate wheels to approve the use of said third party library. Looking through the current legal contract of work it was even more true if the libraries were open source.
Call me naive (now don't all shout at once :D) but I just don't understand that. I was under the impression that most Free Software libraries were under the LGPL which allows their use in non-GPL software. And I thought that most other "open source" libraries were under licenses with similar clauses. So how would using these libraries impact on the legal state of affairs of the software being produced? Grant. -- Artificial intelligence is no match for nuratal stidutipy. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe. FAQ: www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html