[gdal-dev] libgdal and commercial software

Even Rouault even.rouault at mines-paris.org
Thu May 8 05:03:15 PDT 2014


Le jeudi 08 mai 2014 13:29:07, Vlad Merticariu a écrit :
> Dear list,
> 
> I have a question about using libgdal in commercial software.
> 
> Even though the library itself is released under non-restrictive licence
> terms, it appears that the list of dependencies contain GPL released
> software, such as  libpoppler or libmysqlclient.

They are optional dependencies that you can disable if you don't need them or 
cannot comply with their licencing.

> 
> Is it safe to use it in proprietary software?
> 
> Thanks,
> Vlad

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