Gtk+ is distributed under the "Lesser General Public License" (LGPL), not the "General Public License" (GPL). You do not have to distribute the source of your Gtk+ program. You are free to use Gtk+ to make a propietary program and keep your source code secret. On Thu, Sep 11, 2003 at 06:27:36AM -0700, ck wrote: > I would like to develop a computer program which will > be supplied with our equipment to our customer. I am > thinking about using GTK for user interface of the > program which is proprietary. GkT licensing term is > "GTK+ is free software and part of the GNU Project. > However, the licensing terms for GTK+, the GNU LGPL, > allow it to be used by all developers, including those > developing proprietary software, without any license > fees or royalties". But I am not sure whether or not > I have to give the source code of the program together > with the GKT source, which I think is the requirement > of GNU GPL. Please clarify this before I begin to use > GTK. Thanks > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > > gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list -- Daniel Carrera, Math PhD student at UMD. PGP KeyID: 9AF77A88 .-"~~~"-. / O O \ A can of air freshner warns: : s : \ \___/ / "Keep out of reach of children and teenagers". `-.___.-' _______________________________________________ gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
