Re: Licensing software created with Gambas

[Stéphane Aulery <lkppo@xxxxxxx>]

Le 25/07/2024 à 15:07, Gianluigi a écrit :
> Il 25/07/24 15:03, Stéphane Aulery ha scritto:
> > Le 25/07/2024 à 14:59, Gianluigi a écrit :
> > > 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
> >
> > In summary yes, and Gambas does not show this distinction in the
> > licensing information. Hence my question. Is this intentional or
> > accidental?
>
> But Gambas is a project, not a library :-\

A project may apply different licenses to various parts, the authors are 
also different. This is why the applicable license must be mentioned 
file by file.



"Give each file the proper copyright notices. Make sure to clearly 
identify which versions of the license users can use."

See https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.en.html

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Stéphane Aulery