Hi Norman, Thanks for taking time to deal with this and clarifying various issues. Will press on with Genode and see where the journey takes us ;) Best regardsNick
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 11:05:23 +0100 From: norman.feske@...1... To: genode-main@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: Genode Userland Licensing
Hi Nick,
Moving this in a slightly different direction. If a lgpl, application stack library, compatible with Genode, was packaged with a Genode bundle, then I assume that this would be ok without the need for any licensing?
Publishing a library compatible with Genode is perfectly fine regardless of the license you pick for the library. It is your code after all. Genode Labs is actually doing this for some pieces of code. For example, we maintain the qoost library (C++ utilities for Qt development) separate from Genode. This library uses the BSD license:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/qoost/
We simply make qoost available within Genode via the libports repository. The license of Genode does not affect the qoost library at all.
It goes without saying that you are free to distribute the source code of Genode as you see fit (aka "bundle"). That is granted by the GPL.
The restrictions of the GPL come into effect when you distribute a binary with Genode as an ingredient. In this case you need to distribute the source codes of the other ingredients (including the code that you developed) under a Free-Software license along with the binary.
So it is ultimately the responsibility of the creators and distributors of binaries (not source codes) to make sure to comply with the licenses of all the parts the binaries are made out of. This way, the GPL ensures that the benefits of Free Software are guaranteed to be passed to the end user.
Best regards Norman
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