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License issues again
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Nov 23, 2005 09:48:39 AM
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License issues again
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Nov 23, 2005 10:00:13 AM
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I read the previous topics about license issues, but still one question remains unanswered: why can't a license owner include the header files of decNumber package in their own projects. This is the normal way to use some 3rd party libraries. A workaround can be implemented but excluding the decNumber headers causes that some nasty reinterpret_cast:s must be used and this seems totally unnecessary.
I guess the question is, how is the license owner supposed to use decNumber library without using the decNumber declarations?
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Jul 23, 2005 02:55:17 AM
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Re: License issues again
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Jun 29, 2007 10:46:39 AM
in response to: 's post
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Didn't see this until now, sorry for the slow reply.
You'll have to discuss licence issues with lawyers .. but if you can use .c files then .h files should be fine, too.
Mike
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Re: License issues again
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Nov 15, 2007 03:06:28 AM
in response to: 's post
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An update: decNumber is now also available under the ICU licence, which is less restrictive than the alphaWorks one. See:
http://www2.hursley.ibm.com/decimal/#decNumber
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