Re: Announcement: libgcj and GNU Classpath merge

[Bernd Kreimeier]

Paul Fisher wrote:
>  /* As a special exception, if you link this library with other files
>     to produce an executable, this library does not by itself cause
>     the resulting executable to be covered by the GNU General Public
>     License.  This exception does not however invalidate any other
>     reasons why the executable file might be covered by the GNU
>     General Public License.  */

Just to satisfy my curiosity: how does this differ from the LGPL,
and why was this solution preferred to using LGPL?

                                                 b.


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