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

[Craig Miller]

BSD licenses allow you to modify, use, and sell changes to the code as your
own without making the code available for others usage.  LGPL requires you
to make your changes publicly available.

--Craig


-----Original Message-----
From: postgis-users-bounces at postgis.refractions.net
[mailto:postgis-users-bounces at postgis.refractions.net] On Behalf Of Martin
Davis
Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 2:52 PM
To: PostGIS Users Discussion
Subject: RE: [postgis-users] Non-GPL/LGPL C++ libs?

Ok....  What is the salient difference between these and LGPL?

Martin Davis, Senior Technical Architect
Vivid Solutions Inc.      www.vividsolutions.com
Suite #1A-2328 Government Street Victoria, B.C. V8T 5G5
Phone: (250) 385 6040 - Local 308 Fax: (250) 385 6046


> -----Original Message-----
> From: postgis-users-bounces at postgis.refractions.net 
> [mailto:postgis-users-bounces at postgis.refractions.net] On 
> Behalf Of Owen Jacobson
> Sent: June 29, 2005 11:33 AM
> To: 'PostGIS Users Discussion'
> Subject: RE: [postgis-users] Non-GPL/LGPL C++ libs?
> 
> 
> Martin Davis wrote:
> 
> > Just to clarify - what kind of license *is* acceptable to
> > your company?
> 
> We're currently using a handful of products with BSD-style 
> licenses (Freetype and PostgreSQL, prominently).  Obviously, 
> privately negotiated distribution licenses are fine as well.
> 
> -Owen
> 
> 
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