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A Simple library for communicating with USB and Bluetooth HID devices on Linux, Mac, and Windows.
http://www.signal11.us/oss/hidapi/
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licensing: How can hidapi be used in a lgpl program? #444

Open cdwijs opened 5 years ago

cdwijs commented 5 years ago

Hi There,

I would like to use hidapi in a program that I'll release under LGPL. As far as i know a LGPL program is not allowed to use GPL code.

Can I still use hidapi in my LGPL code? Witch of the following two licenses should I use?

https://github.com/signal11/hidapi/blob/master/LICENSE-bsd.txt https://github.com/signal11/hidapi/blob/master/LICENSE-orig.txt

Cheers, Cedric

Mikhael-Danilov commented 5 years ago

I believe it is fine to use BSD licensed code in LGPL program.

Youw commented 5 years ago

Additionally, please check #373 Original author is not answering. There is a maintained fork under libusb organisation.