Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lEwXn-0001JF-Dk for psycopg@arkaria.postgresql.org; Wed, 24 Feb 2021 15:57:43 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lEwXm-0003cZ-0I for psycopg@arkaria.postgresql.org; Wed, 24 Feb 2021 15:57:42 +0000 Received: from magus.postgresql.org ([2a02:c0:301:0:ffff::29]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lEwXl-0003cS-Oa for psycopg@lists.postgresql.org; Wed, 24 Feb 2021 15:57:41 +0000 Received: from mail-lf1-x135.google.com ([2a00:1450:4864:20::135]) by magus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lEwXf-0000xQ-A5 for psycopg@postgresql.org; Wed, 24 Feb 2021 15:57:41 +0000 Received: by mail-lf1-x135.google.com with SMTP id z11so3741747lfb.9 for ; Wed, 24 Feb 2021 07:57:34 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Id5T7bfm3O50u5E00Z2o4eApTpz55voouDwFjl9G8no=; b=cnx7KeRlBjzzBlcdbQynIT0Yk8McuJMrp0PtgTPK1VNa9tuEA64p8IyVpy85Vbxsz4 0BUZA5WNQolSZh9GO+XH9O++l6HT15TQafLStkFp5QCx8cbjJkAA0VoHIxAz76emX20+ ekuj1QueniiklMPtK2uEvpPn30QIU8U7/VUeueTSOjBH3Gh0II3E/tredJwdcJJxad/9 cGH69V23KhqEuMTmSVRwygBVzCKO7Cyhloxepvk7d1S2kNxwPbv7s4REW5LVArZE6qNC ekCbndUGwo6KzvORgbtN/6AkS0VKAj5IQtsbt86JLk94Tn8/Y5oQKhzA8YZQAT32D+wR Ff2Q== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Id5T7bfm3O50u5E00Z2o4eApTpz55voouDwFjl9G8no=; b=ir/ZUHE+L+7wUYwnls6Bv/726SjrVbO1SZpqVpLShpykkeg2Q5qTSzZ4Dbyj7h2KA2 IwxEbmdfjW1w7FanYqHDax/BeFepk/KBxZiYS4Dg6SUKU+k1ExwlRUyfAm98/tuDDGny CwUoGRF5nitNEdUqQw8hIZc56b8PFkGqOj2B5VUqeqUJZDnDLaWucAq0QGCKbcK4bVLJ EFBh/IiYPWXbKqCXyRRNHzAeiZ86MzMcs6QjB+Nm3U0xL+s+UHBtxeW9aF8GbvIjLXK+ oRKw4NyYvzJTOZF2d5Y1tz2abIwLGMQteg38e/bem3M+wjhcNoVl1aNU/RDKJcXqGlqv Vdxw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531GUBifzpnKc17yOXsfz04yVeIJBmD3YSoIrZKSvKI0dICC8gca wwx3wFpTJrkFVkoo5/8ktt9cxdIq/AGac4hAbGA= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwslxtWNjmGzdZOr3uK79GCFfn4Eh5UBh+MasPrhAP4spt5N1+M5guB9fOrDBQ79oEx+T2TeG6CSxwAjBMEUn8= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6512:466:: with SMTP id x6mr19618471lfd.327.1614182254193; Wed, 24 Feb 2021 07:57:34 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Daniele Varrazzo Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2021 16:57:22 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: License LPGL and commercialization To: "Hunt, Brian C." Cc: "fog@initd.org" , "psycopg@postgresql.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Precedence: bulk On Wed, 24 Feb 2021 at 16:55, Hunt, Brian C. wrote: > > I have recently been told by outside council (lawyers) that our organizat= ion is unable to use LGPL licensed packages in software we plan to sell. Your lawyer is wrong. > Seems to suggest the purpose of the LGPL license is not to prevent the in= tended use we have in mind (selling the web app to be hosted locally at oth= er organizations). Instead it is to prevent other from building off the dri= vers and then selling those drivers. Correct. You are not forbidden to use psycopg2 in a closed source program. -- Daniele