licensing question for a C++ template library

simo simo.sorce at xsec.it
Sun Oct 22 16:48:07 UTC 2006


On Sun, 2006-10-22 at 18:44 +0200, BenoƮt Jacob wrote:
> Many thanks, Simo!
> 
> Just one thing, if I may ask: did I make it clear that our library is a 
> _template_ library?
> 
> What makes me fear I might not have been clear enough on this point, is that 
> you say:
> 
> > [2]: you must either use the library as a dynamically linked object or
> > provides at least binary .o files and the build system to recompile the
> > whole program if the LGPL library is statically compiled in.
> 
> This doesn't seem to apply to a template library, right?

Not sure how (c) works with a template library, I think LGPL may be too
complex to apply in this case.
I'd go for either the GPL or a very liberal license like X11.

Simo.




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