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You can always build a small search webservice that you open source and that your proprietary software calls out too, removing the need to open source everythin
by frenchman99 2y ago
You can always build a small search webservice that you open source and that your proprietary software calls out too, removing the need to open source everything.
Linux is GPL too, didn't hinder companies making trillions on top of it.
- synergy20 2y agoyou mean, don't compile it and link it within my application, instead wrap it as a separate program then call it via rpc remotely or locally?
- frenchman99 2y agoYes, exactly that.
- the_mitsuhiko 2y agoLinux is not a good example because of the syscall exemption. The licensing situation is not at all comparable as xapian’s original point of existence was embedding.