[sldev] Vivox and Kakadu licensing issues.

[Jason Giglio]

Boy Lane wrote:
> Let me summarize it again. One person creates a 3rd party viewer and 
> distributes KDU and Vivox components packaged with it. Claiming the earlier 
> here mentioned license terms would allow that.

Let me summarize my answer again: It doesn't matter.  The GPL doesn't
allow it even if the library's licenses do.  Linking (even dynamically)
a closed source library and distributing it as part of a GPLed work is a
violation of the GPL.

Even if the KDU license said: "Feel free to use this any way you want",
you still couldn't use it with a GPLed work, since you can't satisfy the
GPL requirements for source code availability of the closed library.

> So I'd ask again if someone from LL who are licensee of KDU and Vivox could 
> clarify if it is legally possible to package these components with a custom 
> built viewer or not.

The chance of you getting any even semi-official answer regarding
licensing on this list from a Linden are pretty low.

-Jason