Re: [pdf-devel] about the licence

[Sylvain Beucler]

On Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 07:34:45PM +0100, Vincent Torri wrote:
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> On Fri, 9 Jan 2009, Sylvain Beucler wrote:
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>>>>> that the GPL licence will be used. Why isn't LGPL used ?
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>>>> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-not-lgpl.html
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>>> it's sad because it means that it will not be possible to use gnupdf in
>>> our libraries/programs (they are released under a BSD-like licence)
>>
>> Your license is compatible with the GNU GPL, which means your
>> libraries be released under the GPL too and use GNUpdf.
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> that's the point, we don't want to release under the GPL.

Then the right question is: Why isn't GPL used? :)

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Sylvain