Linux-based HP Thin Client With XFce 4

[Olivier Fourdan]

On Wed, 2004-09-29 at 20:22, Brian J. Tarricone wrote:
> from a quick look at the relevant COPYING files, xfce-mcs-manager and
> libxfce4mcs are licensd under the LGPL, so if all they're doing is making
> extra modules, they're ok.  if they've modified the mcs manager or the
> library, they owe us patches.

1) They add modules, so it's perfectly fine.
2) The GPL doesn't force anybody to send back the changes. The GNU GPL
states that the source must be available to the ones who receive the
binary packages. HP provides a link on their site to ask for the sources
of the GNU GPL covered portions of the code, so they also comply to the
GNU GPL (for the GNU GPL portions of the code)

> however, the xfce-mcs-plugins package (and i imagine the app-specific plugins)
> are GPL, so it might be a grey area as to whether you can link a proprietary
> lib and a GPLed lib to an LGPLed binary.  i don't tink that's done too often,
> but personally i think the mcs manager was designed and licensed with the
> ability to do this in mind.

Absolutely, it was one of the design goals.

Cheers,
Olivier.
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