[mapserver-users] Mapserver + regex license

[Lime, Steve D (DNR)]

I'm hoping someone with experience in this area can chime in. It's a convoluted
subject for sure. MapServer doesn't contain code from any regex library, it uses
an API that a few regex libs support so you can actually compile against others.

Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Josef Bicik
Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 7:47 AM
To: mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
Subject: [mapserver-users] Mapserver + regex license

Hi All,

I have a question about Mapserver licensing. From the documentation
and source code I understand that Mapserver uses the regex 0.12
library, which is released under the GNU GPL v2 license. Can Mapserver
actually be released under an MIT-style license when it contains
portions of code released under GPL? I am not extending mapserver on
its own, however, am considering using mapscript in a commercial
application. I wonder if I would have to release my application using
mapscript under GPL v2 license. Can anybody please explain me this
licensing issue?

Best regards, Josef
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