Re: license

[Mikael Hallendal <micke imendio com>]

Nicholas Allen wrote:
> Hi,

Hi,

> I was quite suprised to learn the GVFS is licensed under the GPL. I had 
> expected it to be under the LGPL. Doesn't this mean that it is not possible 
> to write non GPL programs for GNOME now as GVFS is one of the most crucial 
> libraries (it's essentially GNOME's open file library)? Even if an 
> application doesn't link to it directly it will be linked through other GNOME 
> libraries I would have thought. 

The GnomeVFS library is under LGPL, there are however a couple of 
binaries shipped together with GnomeVFS (but that you don't link 
against) that are under GPL. That's why the GPL is stated in the COPYING 
file. COPYING.LIB applies to the library.

Best Regards,
  Mikael Hallendal

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