[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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
