LGPL License

[enginexon]

Hi @edandersen !

Inspired by my question on reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/dotnet/comments/1g1xmbq/admin_ui_based_on_ef_core_context/
Could you please clarify your vision of LGPL. From my understanding I can use your library even in commercial projects.
If I don't change source code and I start to distribute my project to clients using this library I should mention it somewhere and provide link to this repository. I don't have another obligations. Am I correct?

Thank you.

[edandersen]

Hi Eugene! You can use the library in commercial projects but that project itself must then become LGPL licensed. If you'd like a commercial license drop me an email. Or wait - I might make the library MIT licensed in the future.

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________________________________ From: Eugene Shmakov ***@***.***> Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2024 9:19:24 PM To: edandersen/core-admin ***@***.***> Cc: Ed Andersen ***@***.***>; Mention ***@***.***> Subject: [edandersen/core-admin] LGPL License (Issue #113) Hi @edandersen<https://github.com/edandersen> ! Inspired by my question on reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/dotnet/comments/1g1xmbq/admin_ui_based_on_ef_core_context/ Could you please clarify your vision of LGPL. From my understanding I can use your library even in commercial projects. If I don't change source code and I start to distribute my project to clients using this library I should mention it somewhere and provide link to this repository. I don't have another obligations. Am I correct? Thank you. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#113>, or unsubscribe<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAEF6HANM4M3NJC63OFIAVLZ3EHUZAVCNFSM6AAAAABP2LVANSVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43ASLTON2WKOZSGU4DEOJTGAZTQNA>. You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[enginexon]

Hi!

I personally don't need commercial license. I just asked a question about your and similar libraries for dotnet on reddit.
First comment was from a person, who will not use your project just because he doesn't like GPL family of licenses.
This is why I asked this clarification question directly to you.
By the way, I was thinking about LGPL license a bit different compared to you.
For my knowledge,

1. If I create improved version of your library it also should have LGPL license.
2. If I create application using your library it can have any license, but I should mention that it uses LGPL components.
   I could be wrong, but I will try to clarify this question for myself :-)

Summary: You don't need to change the license, at least not because of my question :-) and thank you for developing you library, dotnet ecosystem missing this obvious functionality and you tried to fill this gap.

[edandersen]

Hey no worries. I deliberately chose LGPL to start so that only hobby projects used the library, and that it wasn't meaningfully forked. I certainly didn't want it embedding in something else causing me lots of support issues. I might change it to MIT soon now that it's "established".

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________________________________ From: Eugene Shmakov ***@***.***> Sent: Monday, October 14, 2024 5:29:23 AM To: edandersen/core-admin ***@***.***> Cc: Ed Andersen ***@***.***>; Mention ***@***.***> Subject: Re: [edandersen/core-admin] LGPL License (Issue #113) Hi! I personally don't need commercial license. I just asked a question about your and similar libraries for dotnet on reddit. First comment was from a person, who will not use your project just because he doesn't like GPL family of licenses. This is why I asked this clarification question directly to you. By the way, I was thinking about LGPL license a bit different compared to you. For my knowledge, 1. If I create improved version of your library it also should have LGPL license. 2. If I create application using your library it can have any license, but I should mention that it uses LGPL components. I could be wrong, but I will try to clarify this question for myself :-) Summary: You don't need to change the license, at least not because of my question :-) and thank you for developing you library, dotnet ecosystem missing this obvious functionality and you tried to fill this gap. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#113 (comment)>, or unsubscribe<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAEF6HBOUOTTMHUZPPIV2GDZ3LJ2HAVCNFSM6AAAAABP2LVANSVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDIMBZGEYTIMZRGM>. You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.***>