Re: Future of openLilyLib

[Jacques Menu]

Hello everybody,

The legal subtleties of public licensing never made their way into my mind, 
sorry for being limited… 
What would the difference be, should openLilyLib use LGPL instead of GPL?

JM

> Le 22 sept. 2020 à 02:34, Andrew Bernard <andrew.bernard@gmail.com> a écrit :
> 
> Karsten, despite your lengthy discourse on licensing, I am sure you
> have the wrong end of the stick here. Your unique interpretation of
> GPL in relation to lilypond is not shared by anybody as far as I know.
> Users are happily producing scores and works not subject to having to
> provide source code. It's important to point out to users and readers
> of this list that the use of openlilylib changes nothing, so that
> people are not deterred from using it - which is the potential
> deleterious effect of your post.
> 
> You are welcome to your views, but there is such a thing as holding
> incorrect views. I am not being impolite. to you, merely realistic.
> Carl has also questioned the validity of your logic, as previously. Is
> your intent to shut down lilypond altogether? It's not clear what you
> are aiming at.
> 
> I have worked on openlilylib with Urs and it would be a tragedy to see
> it sink because of a complicated legal misrepresentation put about. I
> am fully aware of the previous debate about this matter.
> 
> I thought long before making a post as it may offend you, but that is
> not the intention, and I have been polite. But as someone dedicated to
> the long term success of openlilylib and indeed lilypond, this sort of
> seeding doubt about complex copyright issues can do little to advance
> the cause, and I fear, undermine it in people that you may influence.
> 
> I have worked with GPL for decades or however long it has been around
> in software development, and I have never seen this argument raised in
> relation to applications.
> 
> Andrew
>