[wx-discuss] wxWeb Port licensing and naming

[Robin Dunn]

Bryan Petty wrote:
> John Wilmes wrote:

>> Does anyone have any legal insight into this problem? Is it acceptable
>> to limit the possible business models of applications compiled against
>> the web port by using a GPL toolkit as the foundation? I've asked the Wt
>> devs to please consider relicensing it as LGPL, but if they are not
>> receptive to the idea, then we need to consider the consequences of
>> using the GPLed library vs. starting from scratch.
> 
> Unfortunately, I don't have much insight into any solution to this 
> issue. At least having something, even if it requires licensing under 
> the GPL, is better than nothing. Hopefully the Wt devs are willing to 
> make some changes here.

A related question was raised in the past about a possible wxQt port, 
that may apply here too.  I don't think we ever came up with a solid 
answer...  The question is if the wxWt code is built on the Wt lib, is 
it a derived work and does it therefore need to be GPL, and if so, what 
does that mean for the rest of wx, does it then automatically become GPL 
too?


-- 
Robin Dunn
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