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realthunder / FreeCAD_assembly3

Experimental attempt for the next generation assembly workbench for FreeCAD
GNU General Public License v3.0
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Assembly3 is GPL and FreeCAD Link is LGPLv2.1 #1210

Open luzpaz opened 2 years ago

luzpaz commented 2 years ago

You bring up a good point: now that Assembly3 is technically able to be independent of Link branch (which is something that was done fairly recently), is there a need to offer it part of the Link branch application? I guess it''s @realthunder's preference on how he wants to proceed with offering A3 as part of Link branch in his upcoming releases.

It does bring up a secondary issue, since A3 is GPLv3 can it be bundled with Link branch ?

_Originally posted by @luzpaz in https://github.com/realthunder/FreeCAD_assembly3/issues/1147#issuecomment-1099597093_

CC @Thovthe

Thovthe commented 2 years ago

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Probably, but if we go with the assumption that the binding can't be bundled because it's GPLv3 then the workbench can't without being relicensed, and if other people have contributed that may be easier said than done.

Also I think GPL is > LGPL so I'd vote not to relicense. (not having contributed I don't get that vote)