From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Brian Gough <bjg@network-theory.co.uk>
To: Herman Bruyninckx <Herman.Bruyninckx@mech.kuleuven.ac.be>
Cc: gsl-discuss@sourceware.cygnus.com
Subject: Re: Licensing question...
Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2000 11:59:00 -0000
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References: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0006052217300.30936-100000@pc25-213.mech.kuleuven.ac.be>
X-SW-Source: 2000/msg00285.html

In short, the LGPL is not compatible with the GPL.  

The GPL is the intended license for programs or libraries that use
GSL.  For motivation see http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-not-lgpl.html

Maybe your library can use the GPL too.

Herman Bruyninckx writes:
 > 
 > I am planning to do some open source programming, in which I want to use
 > GSL. My questions is this: since GSL is released under the GPL (and not the
 > LGPL), does this mean that I _have_ to release my code also under GPL, or
 > can it be LGPL? (Or some other Open Source license?)
 > (My work will be a library, which uses GSL routines, but is not an
 > extension (`derived work') of GSL itself.)
 > 
 > --
 > Herman.Bruyninckx@mech.kuleuven.ac.be (Ph.D.)    Fax: +32-(0)16-32 29 87
 > Dept. Mechanical Eng., Div. PMA, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
 > 
 >