On Jul 9, 2010, at 10:09 AM, Konstantin Tokarev wrote:

> But this will require shipping build system to the user, which may be 
> inappropriate. Also, shipped object files are easier to decompile than 
> executable


I think we're *way* off topic here. Suffice to say that Peter shared some 
details about the identity of COMP for his particular situation, and I can say 
that they already distribute stripped object files to users.

I admit my mistaken interpretation of the LGPL: there is a difference between 
static and dynamic linking. However, I keep my original point-of-view: while 
there are benefits to both the LGPL and BSD, I don't think Peter needs to bend 
over backwards to relicense his code. If COMP really feels they need a new 
license (vs. LGPL), they can contact Peter and the copyright holders and 
negotiate a proprietary license. The Qt toolkit and Nokia do this, quite 
successfully -- it's either GPL, LGPL, or proprietary.

On Jul 9, 2010, at 9:36 AM, Craig James wrote:

> The burden that LGPL puts on developers is really pretty minimal.

I couldn't have said it better myself.

Cheers,
-Geoff

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Department of Chemistry
University of Pittsburgh
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