<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt">Hello everyone,<br><br>I'm planning to develop an open source project which connects to googleTalk .For this purpose I'm using the agsxmpp library to connect.<br>The problem is agsxmpp is released under a shared license whereas mine would be under gpl.The license also says that it is strictly incompatible with <br>gpl and lgpl .Here is an excerpt of the license:<br><br><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 191);"> This License governs use of the accompanying Software, and your use of the Software constitutes acceptance of this license.</span><br style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 191);"> <br style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 191);"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 191);"> You may use this
Software for any non-commercial purpose, subject to the restrictions in this license. Some purposes which can be non-commercial are teaching, academic research, and personal experimentation. You may also distribute this Software with books or other teaching materials, or publish the Software on websites, that are intended to teach the use of the Software.</span><br style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 191);"> <br style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 191);"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 191);"> You may not use or distribute this Software or any derivative works in any form for commercial purposes. Examples of commercial purposes would be running business operations, licensing, leasing, or selling the Software, or distributing the Software for use with commercial products.</span><br style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 191);"> <br style="background-color:
rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 191);"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 191);"> You may modify this Software and distribute the modified Software for non-commercial purposes, however, you may not grant rights to the Software or derivative works that are broader than those provided by this License.<span style="font-style: italic;"> For example, you may not distribute modifications of the Software under terms that would permit commercial use, or under terms that purport to require the Software or derivative works to be sub licensed to others.</span></span><br style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 191);"> <br style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 191);"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 191);"> You may use any information in intangible form that you remember after accessing the Software. However, this right does not grant you a license to any of
AG-Software's copyrights or patents for anything you might create using such information.<br><br><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>Can someone please guide me as to how to select an osi compatible license that will allow me to use this library without any legal troubles.<br><br>The links to the site are as follows<br><br><a href="http://www.ag-software.de/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=78&Itemid=110">http://www.ag-software.de/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=78&Itemid=110</a><br><br><br>Fingers crossed for a reply<br><br>cheers,<br>sz<br><br></span></span><div> </div>" life isn't heavy enough,it flies away and floats far above action"<div><br></div></div><br>Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com </body></html>