On Sep 27, 2004, at 4:41 PM, Henri Yandell wrote:
On Mon, 27 Sep 2004, Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote:
This is an issue important to me as well - I'd like to see this go away, so we can use software w/ the LGPL. But until the problem is resolved, right now the only way is to use via a dynamic dispatch mechanism.
I've been thinking about this for a while, and have some funny solutions requiring a bit of classloader magic. Happy to start something in the sandbox :)
Is the problem with LGPL at ASF only a Java issue? Can httpd depend on LGPL'd code?
Yes, because the LGPL was 'fixed' back in 92 to solve the problem what what C and C++ compilers do, namely create combined work at compile time. For example, an inline function in a C++ header can be included completely by the compiler in an object file.
I think that' why they have the weird wording in the LGPL that allows 20 lines or less, or something like that.
If so, then funny solutions sound useful. If it's a problem for all ASF languages, then it's pointless to do anything.
It applies to Java, and I'm sure other languages as well. IMO the problem is that they patched the LGPL for a specific technology, and the world has moved on.
I know I keep repeating myself all the time, but for the special case of Hibernate doesn't this
http://www.hibernate.org/196.html
clarify the issue? Of course if you people say I must not use it in a Apache Project it is ok with me, but I still do not get the point why. But then, maybe it isn't that important that I - personally - get it ;)
Oliver
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