Episode 34: Better Built By Burkhard

Illegal License Combinations

Compatibility of FOSS Licenses

Typical Software S (proprietary or not) - an application or a library - links against several other libraries L1, L2, …, Ln. A license compliance check

  • determines the actual license for each component S, L1, L2, …, Ln, and
  • whether the combination of the licenses of all components S, L1, L2, …, Ln is legal and desirable.

The table shows the resulting license of combining two libraries or an application with a library.

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