On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 12:18:15PM +0100, Jean Delvare wrote: <snip> > The problem was already discussed: > http://archives.andrew.net.au/lm-sensors/msg04415.html > http://archives.andrew.net.au/lm-sensors/msg06413.html > http://archives.andrew.net.au/lm-sensors/msg07873.html > > And as a result the part you quoted from the README file has been updated, and > now reads: > > ----------------------- > Note that libsensors falls under the GPL, not the LGPL. In more human > language, that means it is FORBIDDEN to link any application to the > library, even to the shared version, if the application itself does not > fall under the GPL. > ----------------------- > > This is not going to change because it would require all former contributers > to agree on the change, and it's a bit late for that. > > At any rate, libsensors needs complete rewriting to be freed from > chip-specific code for the Linux 2.6 driver. I don't have much time at the > moment to do it (and lack some knowledge about config file parsing as well) > but anyone doing it may release it under the LGPL, which would let anyone link > against it. That's about what I expected, but I figured I would ask. :) Thanks for the quick response and clarification. -Sean -- __________________________________________________________________ Sean Dague Mid-Hudson Valley sean at dague dot net Linux Users Group http://dague.net http://mhvlug.org There is no silver bullet. Plus, werewolves make better neighbors than zombies, and they tend to keep the vampire population down. __________________________________________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.lm-sensors.org/pipermail/lm-sensors/attachments/20040903/f409e12d/attachment.bin
