which license to use for software using components with GPL, LGPL and EPL?

Ian Vernon ian.vernon at amanzitel.com
Mon Aug 31 19:28:06 UTC 2009


>The first thing to do is talk to a lawyer.  The GPL and EPL are not
compatible but the communities also have different ideas of when the
licenses matter.  The fact of the matter is that >there are big questions
regarding WHEN the GPL requires that a component is under the GPL as well.

Thanks. So far in the industry I have seen EPL components on LGPL published
software but all are derivative works. Is there no compatibility issues
between LGPL and EPL?




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