Re: [libmicrohttpd] License incompatibility with embedded targets

[Gerry Steele]

My understanding of the LGPL is it should be possible to statically
link your software against an LGPL lib if you also provide a dynamic
version of the same product at the same time or make it just as
available. Not sure how practical that would be for you.


-Gerry

2009/9/22 Øyvind Harboe <address@hidden>:
> Is there any interest in relicensing libmicrohttpd to be compatible
> with the eCos license?
>
> The problem with LGPL is that it is incompatible with the
> static linking that e.g. eCos and embedded applications
> use in general.
>
> The problem is with the "bug fixing clause" in LGPL where
> it is impossible to update libmicrohttpd in a statically linked
> binary.
>
> eCos uses a GPL + exception license where static linking
> with proprietary code is possible.
>
> As it happens LGPL isn't a trainwrecker for us using it
> with eCos as we do not distribute binaries or we're
> using it with GPL code (OpenOCD), but it would be
> nice to have libmicrohttpd + jim tcl as an alternative to
> the athttpd and httpd web servers that are compatible
> with eCos licenses.
>
> To relicense would of course need the approval of
> all copyright holders, but AFAICS this that's not
> too late(a good dozen contributors so far...)
>
> The other road for eCos is to use dynamic loading, but
> that's really a clumsy solution for deeply embedded
> targets.... at that point there are http servers with
> suitable license, even if they aren't quite libmicrohttpd
> in terms of quality and developer following...
>
> --
> Øyvind Harboe
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>
>



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Gerry Steele
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