On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 10:50:25AM +0100, Vincent Snijders wrote:
> >>loading of packages, which makes it impossible for commercial
> >>companies to create packages without releasing the source.
> >
> >IMHO dynamic or static linking wouldn't matter at all. Both are linking in
> >the
> >GPL sense.
> >
> >The component plugin interface has to be explicitely exempted
> >from the GPL (which isn't even that uncommong for plugin interfaces afaik)
>
> The 'component plugin interface' is in the ideintf directory. The source in
> that directory is licensed under modified LGPL. Is that good enough for
> 'explicitely exempted from GPL'?
No, since that code links to the rest of Lazarus which is GPL, and that has
the viral clause that applies to the "larger work".
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