On Wed, 2004-09-29 at 14:07, Nathan England wrote: > My company is having problems with the GPL. We are concerned about the > 'viral' effects of the GPL. Can we use GPL libraries in our software > without open sourcing it? > Are there libraries we can use that aren't GPL? > We are 75% linux oriented, but would like a library that could cross OS > boundaries. Are there any GPL libraries we could do that with, without > open sourcing our code? The GPL requires you to provide the source code. It doesn't say you have to give it away though (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#DoesTheGPLRequireAvailabilityToPublic). Boost is cross platform. According to the Boost Software License you can distribute binary only copies of your software. (http://www.boost.org) > > We would like to use a lot of GPL stuff, but are genuinely afraid of the > 'viral' effects. Isn't 'viral' a term MS coined to make the GPL sound scary? > Can someone point me to a good explanation of how it all works, so we > don't include a GPL library we shouldn't... See the GPL FAQ. (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/licenses.html#GPL) Bart --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss