[Lazarus] Concerning GPL compatibility with more permissive licenses
Hans-Peter Diettrich
DrDiettrich1 at aol.com
Sun Jun 30 18:35:57 CEST 2013
Martin schrieb:
> Actually, the IdeIntf is LGPL + linking permission.
>
> So, if you only use the IDEIntf (and LCL, RTL)
> and do not ship a pre-build IDE with your package included
> then you can use any license.
>
> Users can build an IDE with your package, but must publish the build exe
> (if I am right: the GPL used for the IDE, does not restrict what you do
> on your PC, only what you can publish)
>
> The idea always was:
> - IDE => GPL, so it stays free, including any forked IDE must be free
> for ever.
> - IDEIntf => LGPL, so commercial (or other) plug-ins are possible
Effectively it should be possible to *distribute* a plug-in in *binary*
form, created respecting LGPL. A user must be able to rebuild the IDE
including that binary package.
DoDi
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