[EMAIL PROTECTED] escreveu:
>>> Isn't glibc licensed under the Lesser GPL (LGPL) for this very reason?
>> But a commercial app still cannot _statically_ link to it in that
>> case; only dynamically.
> 
> No, that's the GPL.  The LGPL explicitely permits static links to
> the library for all applications.  You only have to distribute "object
> code" for the application so it can be relinked against the library.
> 
> Distribution of object code for even proprietary software isn't
> usually a problem.

Yes it *is* often a problem, at least it hit me some times like this: 
The sw also uses a proprietary third party libary that explicitely 
forbids distributing object files. Most proprietary libraries have this :(

Alain


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