On 10/21/05, Alexandre Leclerc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 10/20/05, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Alexandre Leclerc wrote:
> > > This is not the good place to ask, but I try in case someone knows...
> > >
> > > Zeollib is released under LGPL. But does that mean I can use the code
> > > and release my software under an other licencing terms, like a
> > > proprietary licence?
> >
> > Yes, a LGPL library can be linked against proprietary code. I am sure
> > about that in the case where the library is a external file. On the same
> > executable I am not sure, but is probably the same. Acctually I think
> > that most of the LCL is on modified LGPL to allow proprietary and
> > non-proprietary code on the same executable.
>
> Thank you Felipe, I will also ask the forum since we can post without
> account. I knew that we could like with LGPL, but when LGPL code in
> integrated, this not exactly the same thing. This is why there is an
> exception in lazarus for the LCL that address this point. We had talks
> about that in the begining of 2005 if I remember.
>
> --
> Alexandre Leclerc
The Zeos team also didn't know that LGPL restricts static linking but
they also claim that one can link Zeos with commercial apps and you
can be sure this was done by many people using Delphi. :)
Razvan
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