[lwip-users] Re: [lwip] DHCP for lwIP

[Phil Dempster]

> The uDHCP client is GPL software which means that
> there may be some licensing 
> issues if I include it in the main lwIP tree. I will

The licensing issue is (as far as I am aware): All
code linked with GPL'd source is considered a derrived
work and thus also falls under terms of the GPL.  This
would effectively block anyone wishing to link
proprietary code with lwIP.

Sadly, this is where the GPL shoots open source in the
foot.  In my limited experience, if you give folk the
option of using stuff for commercial purposes, they
seem far more keen to return the favour by releasing
what they can back.

Cheers,
Phil.


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