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- Subject: Re: [chrony-users] Chronyd client - GPLv2
- From: Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 13:12:24 +0200
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On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 11:44:12AM -0700, Steve Holmgren wrote:
> I want to write a private chronyd client - connecting via UDP - to retrieve
> est error and max error values. If I add this client as a thread to my main
> application must I release all of my application source under GPLv2?
If the client implementation is not based on the chronyc code, then
you can use any license you want. I don't think GPL applies to the
protocol itself.
FWIW, there is a plan to include in chrony a client library licensed
under LGPL which applications could use to communicate with chronyd,
even if they have a non-GPL license.
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Miroslav Lichvar
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