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Subject:	Re: What licence should I use ?!
Date:	Wed, 22 Jul 2009 04:25:08 -0700 (PDT)
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Hi,

On Jul 22, 1:41=A0am, "Tomasz Zbro=BFek" <t DOT zbro DOT  DOT  DOT  AT upos DOT com DOT pl> wrote:
> hi, I made wrapper library to use sockets with MS Network Client in DJGPP=
.
> My wrapper is written in C, in fact I made it analysing disassembled
> original Microsoft's real mode wrapper (so it's reverse engineering I
> think).

I know some countries have different laws re: disassembling, but you
should be okay, I think. At least reverse engineering to learn how to
reimplement or use is most likely allowed (although I'm no lawyer).

> I have got agreement from my company to share my wrapper to DJGPP
> community. I do not know what licence should I use for this little librar=
y
> ?! The more I read about licences the less I know :) What do you think ? =
=A0

Any "free software" license would probably be okay, e.g. GPL, LGPL,
*BSD, MIT, etc. I'm not sure if you can actually license under GPL if
it's just a wrapper, but I honestly think licenses are overrated. I
would almost prefer public domain myself, honestly, but some countries
don't access that (too bad, I say, but you can always dual license
like Perl, I suppose).

http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/index_html#GPLCompatibleLicenses

> One file (isaddr.c) is taken from Watt-32 project and also parts of heade=
r
> files (netinet/in.h, sys/socket.h).

This may be a deal breaker, you may have to ask Gisle Vanum for
permission. See copyrigh.h for more details (too confusing for me).

> Can I use LGPL 3 ? Main assumption is
> that this library must be possible to use in proprietary application
> (because I made this wrapper for use in commercial application I ported t=
o
> DJGPP).

Good luck!

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