I wrote:
>>Since Lumberjack is LGPL, is there anything special that would need to >>be done to incorporate it into GNU Classpath? Anthony Green responded: > The license would have to change slightly. We use the GPL with the > following exception (blessed by the FSF): > > "Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is > making a combined work based on this library. Thus, the terms and > conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole > combination. > > As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you > permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an > executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent > modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under > terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked > independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that > module. An independent module is a module which is not derived from > or based on this library. If you modify this library, you may extend > this exception to your version of the library, but you are not > obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this > exception statement from your version." I don't want to rehash something that is covered in a FAQ, so just point me to the FAQ if there is one. But: How does the above differ from the LGPL? Concrete examples are especially helpful. Brian -- Brian R. Gilstrap [EMAIL PROTECTED] Husband and father, Tai Chi practitioner, Software architect Java developer, Macintosh User "Doubtless, like all of us, he was many men, turned on one or another of his selves as occasion required, and kept his real self a frightened secret from the world." --Will Durant _______________________________________________ Classpath mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/classpath
