[License-discuss] TCPDF license: LGPLv3 + a special clause: is this still considered "Open Source"?

[Marc Laporte]

Hi Karl and all!

I hope you are well and I am looking for advice, again :-)

We are discussing which PDF library to include in Tiki Wiki CMS
Groupware (http://tiki.org)

TCPDF is an option but there is a special clause

It is LGPL v3 +  "Additionally,  YOU CAN'T REMOVE ANY TCPDF COPYRIGHT
NOTICE OR LINK FROM THE GENERATED PDF DOCUMENTS."
http://www.tcpdf.org/license.php

What do you think?

Thanks!

M ;-)


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Xen
Date: Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 4:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Tiki-devel] Slideshow gains pdf export ; ). Wiki next! +
PDF Document Data Merger
To: Tiki developers


On 11/23/2011 09:48 AM, Robert Plummer wrote:
> Also, my first choice was TCPDF, but it is HUGE! 11.5 meg. I couldn't
> justify making tiki that much larger for simple pdf export.

I would also eliminate use of TCPDF for my current needs due to this
statement in their license:
  YOU CAN'T REMOVE ANY TCPDF COPYRIGHT NOTICE OR LINK FROM THE
  GENERATED PDF DOCUMENTS.
http://www.tcpdf.org/license.php

On the TCPDF examples, I see a large red logo on the top of every pdf....


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