xploita Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 hello, i was about to develop a new php commercial application (which is encoded using ioncube) one of the libraries i want to use in my application has a Lesser GPL license. what are the limitations that i will face? what is it that i should do in order not to violate that license? do i have to provide the source code for my application to users if i use that library? thx in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 If I remember correctly, then the GPL (and LGPL as well) says that you are free to redistribute it as long as it is distributed under the same license again (ie GPL/LGPL). I think that means you can only use it if you do not encrypt it and you may only distribute it with your product if your product is released under LGPL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 GNU Lesser General Public License. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btherl Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 No, you don't have to provide source code for your application if you use an LGPL library. You might have to provide source for the library though (or at least make the source available for download). I wouldn't try reading the license itself unless you're really keen. They tried to make it comprehensible, but it's still a legal document. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xploita Posted April 3, 2007 Author Share Posted April 3, 2007 i did read it.but as u said...it's a legal document and i just want to make sure of everything before building my proj using that library. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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