Return-Path: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: From: "Pering, Trevor" To: Subject: [Bluez-users] Linking to BlueZ from non-GPL code Sender: bluez-users-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: bluez-users-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Reply-To: bluez-users@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: BlueZ users List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 14:33:33 -0700 Hello -- I have a question about linking non-GPL code to BlueZ. This is very much along the lines of the previous conversation at=20 http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.bluez.devel/2444 -- the quick summary of which is:=20 =20 Marcel: Date: 2004-06-28 14:48:48 GMT: "For the BlueZ library and the utilities we can talk about it. Some time ago people asked for a LGPL version of the library and actually I tend to agree with that. However this can't be decided by me alone, because part of the code is copyright by Qualcomm and also by Maxim Krasnyansky himself. For the utilities I don't see any need for a different license. I believe in the GPL and from my view releasing the Linux Bluetooth library under LGPL is the only step I wanna make forward to allow closed source products based on BlueZ." Is this still the current status of GPL/LGPL for the BlueZ libraries (libbluetooth.so) -- or has there been an update (I haven't found anything more recent on the mailing list about this). What is the recommended way to write a non-GPL application on top of BlueZ, or is this not currently allowed...? My understanding is that it is OK to use the linux kernel syscall interface from non-GPL code, but that this would not extend to libbluetooth.so... Cheers, Trevor ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Yahoo. Introducing Yahoo! Search Developer Network - Create apps using Yahoo! Search APIs Find out how you can build Yahoo! directly into your own Applications - visit http://developer.yahoo.net/?fr=offad-ysdn-ostg-q22005 _______________________________________________ Bluez-users mailing list Bluez-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bluez-users