[omniORB] omniORB licensing: Too strict for real life?

Mikhail Soukhanov mik@astra.relline.ru
Tue, 25 May 1999 15:36:37 +0400


Hello!

David Riddoch wrote:
> OmniNames is distributed under the GPL.  This means that any derivative
> work must be GPLed.  If any of the code is incorporated into another
> program, then that program must be GPLed.

If omniNames will be build as a shared library (with source code
provided to the public), will it be possible for a software (which make
use of such shared library omniNames) to be commercial? Can ORL change
omniNames license to LGPL in that case?

Best regards,
		Mikhail
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