[squeak-dev] Re: Swazoo - LGPL or MIT?

Philippe Marschall philippe.marschall at gmail.com
Wed Mar 19 19:23:08 UTC 2008


2008/3/19, Janko Mivšek <janko.mivsek at eranova.si>:
> Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>  >> Do I interpret the LGPL correctly that the Seaside Swazoo adapter
>  >> (subclass of a a Swazoo class) would need to be LGPL as well?
>  >
>  > No, Site is pretty much the interface that Swazoo exposes to its users;
>  > you cannot *use* Swazoo without subclassing Site.  Subclassing
>  > HeaderField would be another story.
>
>
> We had just recently a semi-official and a bit broader (and very simple
>  actually) interpretation. Using it on Swazoo:  LGPL is covered if you
>  extend Swazoo by some other package as is in your case, Philippe. Reason
>  IMHO is simple: borders between Swazoo and code it uses it is preserved
>  and clear.

Sorry I have some problems parsing this. I need a clear and official
response whether the Swazoo Seaside Adapter needs to be under LGPL. If
not what changes we are allowed to make without it having to move to
LGPL.

Cheers
Philippe


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