Hi Marko, sorry to do this from my phone but I won't be at my desk until
tomorrow. Your employer is not required to distribute the binary program of
your proprietary code but you must make it possible for the end-user to
install a replacement of codec 2 when it's upgraded. Other manufacturers
presently do this flexradio is an example. I can go over with you further
on the phone what would you be compliant with the license and what
wouldn't, no charge for the call.
Thanks
Bruce
On Fri, Jan 12, 2018, 16:57 Marko Milutinovic <
mmilutino...@blacklinesafety.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
>
>
> My company has been testing out the CODEC2 library for potential use. Our
> application of the CODEC2 library would be in an embedded system that is
> used for lone worker safety.
>
>
>
> Going over the LGPL 2.1 license one of the clauses is potentially
> problematic for us. Sections 5 and 6 require that we provide a way for an
> end user to be able to recreate the final executable using a modified
> version of the library if they want to. I realize that we don’t have to
> provide the source code itself but my company would never allow the release
> of our binary files either. I’m not 100% clear if our final firmware
> compilation (SREC or HEX) qualifies as an executable file as it can’t run
> on a generic OS.
>
>
>
> Just wondering if anyone can comment on whether or not just linking the
> library (with 0 modifications) statically with our firmware would require
> us to release binary objects of our main firmware?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Marko
>
>
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