[postgis-users] Non-GPL/LGPL C++ libs?

Paul Ramsey pramsey at refractions.net
Wed Jun 29 10:57:06 PDT 2005


JTS is LGPL, but the copyrights are all held by Vivid, so they can 
re-license if given sufficient incentive. I know of nothing comparable 
in the "free" category that is not *GPL.

P

Markus Schaber wrote:

> Hi, Owen,
> 
> Owen Jacobson wrote:
> 
> 
>>>Is it really specifically to the (L)GPL licenses, or is it against
>>>copylefted licenses?
>>
>>Copylefted licenses in general, I suspect, but we've only run into
>>managerial veto on GPL and LGPL licenses specifically.
> 
> 
> Sad to hear this.
> 
> Does your management know that you might have to deploy PostGIS enabled
> PostgreSQL servers which are pure GPL?
> 
> 
>>Foo.  Any suggestions for tools in other languages?
> 
> 
> I only found import/export or conversion projects, but no real geo
> processing library.
> 
> 
> Markus
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