Re: Licensing software created with Gambas

[Gianluigi <gradobag@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Il 25/07/24 14:45, Stéphane Aulery ha scritto:
> Le 25/07/2024 à 14:24, Gianluigi a écrit :
> > Il 25/07/24 12:55, Stéphane Aulery ha scritto:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > On the Gambas website and in its code repository I only find references
> > > to the GPL 2.0+ license for Gambas source code and CC-BY-SA 3.0 for wiki
> > > pages.
> > >
> > > Is it possible to write non-GPL software with Gambas such as ISC,
> > > CeCILL-B?
> > >
> > > I think the question arises for component code and other code implicitly
> > > included in a Gambas project.
> >
> > if you read here (*), you see all the GPL compatible licenses.
> > I'm not a lawyer, but I don't understand why you want to use a license
> > that guarantees you less than the one used by Gambas.
>
> GPL is contaminating. I prefer to write my software without trying to
> control what its users will do with it. For this, the libraries with
> which the final software code is linked must be in LGPL, and not GPL.
>
> I am not asking that Gambas or its IDE be licensed under LGPL.
>
> I'm asking if the library/component license is GPL and if that's
> deliberate. A clarification at least.

As far as I know GPL is for projects and LGPL is for libraries

Regards
Gianluigi