GPL and LGPL question

[Pat St. Jean]

On Tue, 18 May 1999, Bruce Perens wrote:

>You are confusing aggregation with derivation. Agggregation is when you put
>two separate programs on the same CD. That is what OSD #9 addresses.
>Derivation is when you incorporate someone else's work into your own new
>work. That is what the GPL addresses.

You're right, I stand corrected.  But that opens up another problem:

I've got a program foo.  I want program foo to do bar.  I download a GPL'd
library quux that does bar.  I incorporate it into my program foo.  By the
terms of the GPL, foo must now be distributed under the GPL (2b of the
GPL).  Isn't that in conflict with #3, which says "...must allow them to
be distributed..."?

>> Also, how does OSD part 3 protect the author of the code from what I
>> think (and this IS just MY _OPINION_) are malicious clauses in other
>> licenses, specifically the LGPL, clause 3.  A case can also be made that
>> LGPL clause 3 is in conflict with OSD part 7, depending on which legal
>> dictionary you're reading.
>
>It's not obvious what you are seeing here. Tell me how you come to these
>conclusions, please.

What I'm getting at is that #7 says that one cannot require that an
additional license be executed between parties.  LGPL clause 3 allows
anyone, without the consent of the owner of the code, to change the
licsensing of the code.

It also seems to violate OSD #3 in that if someone decides to exercise
LGPL clause 3, they cannot be distributed under the same terms as the
license of the origional software (LGPL).

Pat

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