LGPL vs. BSD

[Badmi]

I noticed that JavaRelational uses LGPL instead of BSD like your other works. I was wondering why. I am under the impression that there are problems using LGPL in Java.

[darkfrog]

Not that I'm aware of.  LGPL is a less restrictive license and I started out using it instead of BSD and primarily because JavaRelational is an older project and I just never changed the license.

JavaRelational is pretty stable in its current state, but when I get some free time I have some ideas about doing a complete rewrite that will provide a lot of new features.  If you end up using JavaRelational or a project let me know how you like it and any criticism is welcome.

darkfrog

[Badmi]

I don't have any curint plans to use it, but it looks like a useful tool.

As I understand it the LGPL is identical to the GPL unless the libraries are dynamically linked. Using jars in a project is considered statically linking them.

[Pavel Jackoff]

that's a common misunderstanding. take a look at this article: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-java.html

[darkfrog]

Good link, thanks for the info.

darkfrog