Can I My Program be Under the GPL if I Use PySide? [closed]

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I am making a program and want to put it under the GPL but I am using PySide in it which is under the LGPL. Can I still put my program under the GPL or does it have to be under the LGPL. Also what do both of these licenses do to my program? Thanks

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Yes, you can. What the GPL is doing to your program? Read the license. :-)

The LGPL does not do much to your program. LGPL makes static linking more difficult, but I doubt this matters with python.

Answer 2

Yes, you can use LGPL licensed software as part of your program. The big stipulation is that the LGPL licensed aspects need to A) have their source code available and B) need to be able to be modifiable while still interacting with your software.

As you're planning on releasing your software under the GPL, you'll be making all of your source code available, and this shouldn't be an issue.

The license information for GPL and LGPL both cover basically everything you need to know.