Re: [Duplicity-talk] Re: Duplicati

[Kenneth Loafman]

Michael Terry wrote:
> 2009/5/6 Kenneth Loafman <address@hidden>:
>> Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
> 
> I hate to bring up the issue of licenses again, but Duplicati is LGPL.
>  I'm 99% sure you can't take GPL code (either 2 or 3) and make it
> LGPL.
> 
> Even if he rewrote it in a different language, a quick perusal of the
> code indicates there is some very similar code.  I don't know the
> legal issues involved, but the relicense seem shady to me.

Not sure about the rewrite part, but can it be an executable and be
LGPL?  I thought L was for library and duplicati is not a library.

...Ken

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