diff --git a/README b/README index 39def89..b85193c 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -171,16 +171,12 @@ In the particular case of libisofs there is no foreign copyright involved. As of 2010 foreign copyright is only in component libburn. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -We, the copyright holders, agree on the interpretation that dynamical linking -of our libraries constitutes "use of" and not "derivation from" our work in -the sense of GPL, provided those libraries are compiled from our unaltered -code or from altered code published under GPL. - -So we will not raise legal protest if you link our libraries dynamically with -applications which are not under GPL, or if you distribute our libraries -and application tools in binary form, as long as you fulfill the usual -condition of GPL to offer a copy of their source code -altered or unaltered- -under GPL. +We will not raise any legal protest to dynamic linking of our libraries +with applications that are not under GPL, as long as they fulfill +the condition of offering the library source code used, whether +altered or unaltered, under the GPLv2+, along with the application. +Nevertheless, the safest legal position is not to link libburn with +non-GPL compatible programs. We ask you politely to use our work in open source spirit and with the due reference to the entire open source community. @@ -194,9 +190,10 @@ It is the open source idea of responsible freedom which will be decisive and you will have to prove that you exhausted all own means to qualify for GPL. -For now we are firmly committed to maintain one single license: GPL. +We are firmly committed to allow GPLv2+ now and with future releases. Signed: Mario Danic, Thomas Schmitt Agreement joined later by: Vreixo Formoso +Public contact: