About GNU, GPL, LGPL,FOSS etc.

[squidge]

If you application is going to be commercial, then I would always recommend strongly that you consult a lawyer to give you advice.

Taking legal advice from a forum is a bad decision and could get you sued. Best to talk to someone who specialises in software licenses. If they are wrong, then you can sue them for any losses.

[SixDegrees]

I have to agree with squidge here. Legal interpretations gleaned from the Internet carry no guarantees, and particularly when dealing with the latest versions of the GPL, LGPL or anything at all from the FSF or Dick Stallman it is mandatory to consult an attorney; these sources of software carry agreements that are deliberately written to be obscure and vague, and are designed to entrap companies who enter into those agreements in expensive lawsuits aimed at 1) shaking settlement fees out of them to support the activities of the FSF and 2) gain control of proprietary software.

In fact, the rule at our company now is: if it's licensed under the newest LGPL or GPL, don't use it, period. And this is from a large company with attorneys on staff.

But seek out your own legal counsel. It's a swamp.

[tonnot]

Thanks both