[sylpheed:35840] Re: Sylpheed

Paul claws at thewildbeast.co.uk
Fri Nov 1 18:48:51 JST 2013


On Thu, 31 Oct 2013 22:19:34 -0700
<cgw993 at aol.com> wrote: 

> Sylpheed consists on two parts:
> 
> - Sylpheed frontend (UI, controller, etc.) is under the GPLv2+.
> - LibSylph (library for e-mail and common utilities) is under the
> LGPLv2+.
> 
> LibSylph is designed with being used as a standalone library in
> mind.

The LGPLv2+ of libsylph means it can be used in the proprietary,
commercial apps, such as Sylpheed-Pro, whereas Claws Mail, being
GPLv3, means it cannot.

with regards

Paul


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