[techtalk] GPL Questions

[Kelly Lynn Martin]

On Thu, 11 Nov 1999 23:23:18 -0500, Jeff Dike <jdike at karaya.com> said:

>>I was planning on publishing an API for this system that others
>>could use in proprietary software.  (Note: no code from the system
>>would/ should be used in the proprietary system, just
>>method/function calls)

>Then you release your code under the GPL, and document the API.
>Anyone else can implement that API and license the code any way they
>want.

Another approach (used in the Gimp) is to license the API under the
LGPL, and the main application under the GPL.  The LGPL allows linkage
to proprietary applications.

Kelly

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