OpenEuphoria

Re: Open Euphoria Licence

• Posted by Ray Smith <ray at RaymondSmith.com> Sep 20, 2006
• 732 views

D. Newhall wrote:
> 
> Derek Parnell wrote:
> > 
> > There is an unresolved issue with GPL. It has to do with dynamically
> > linking/including
> > code in mixed licencing scenarios.
> 
> Ahh yes, the ambiguities of the usage of "combined work" in the GPL...

OK,
The "runtime" portion of Euphoria needs to be LGPL'd or similiar to allow
distribution of a closed source program.
I agree 100% with this.

This is the whole reason why the LGPL was created.
I think it was used for something like the C library in Linux to allow
proprietry programs to link with the C Library.

If the base Euphoria interpreter is LGPL'd this allows anyone to write whatever
programs they require.
If someone wants to include a GPL'd Euphoria library in their app, their whole
app will need to be GPL'd.

Regards,

Ray Smith
http://RaymondSmith.com