Question about licensing!

Hi all,

 

I am currently working on a Linux based project that need Bluetooth support.  I need to basically receive images from Bluetooth devices and print them.

 

The code printing the images is proprietary and can’t be GPL’d.

 

Since bluez is GPL, I can’t just link against it without being forced to make my code GPL which I can’t, my customer won’t allow me to release their IP to the public.

 

I was thinking of doing this:

 

A small daemon that uses the bluez library that would, on image reception from a device, push the image to another print daemon over a name pipe or socket.  Does this break the GPL in any way?  If I understand the license correctly, I would have to make my Bluetooth daemon GPL but my print daemon wouldnR17;t have to be GPL.

 

Can you please confirm?  Do you guys have any issue with that?

 

The last thing I want to do is upset anybody or put my customer in a position where he could be sued.  Worst case, I’ll have to buy a stack from a company like StoneStreet or implement a custom stack for my customer (which will bump the price by a lot J).

 

Regards,

 

Pat Laplante
Principal Engineer

Vanteon Corporation
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Pittsford, NY 14534-1711
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