[mapserver-users] Mapserver + regex license

[Norman Vine]

I don't see any issues

I guess in the docs we could point folks to the PCRE implementation 
as well as the GNU one

http://vcs.pcre.org/viewvc/code/trunk/pcreposix.h?view=markup

PCRE's license is BSD

Norman

On Jan 18, 2012, at 10:54 AM, Lime, Steve D (DNR) wrote:

> 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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