At 09:42 9/4/01 -0400, Sam Ruby wrote:
>Scott Sanders wrote:
>>
>> What do you mean by distributing code illegally?
>
>The [L]GPL license limits what code can be distributed with code under this
>license. In particular, if you mix Apache Software Licensed and LGPL code,
>you can not legally distribute the result. The key is how this code is
>linked. The trigger is distribution.
LGPL is fine to be linked against and there is enough "loopholes" that
linking against apache products is fine (it can be considered a glue layer
in jboss to add *significant* extra functionality).
It is the GPL that is incompatible with apache stuff.
Cheers,
Pete
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