On Wed, 12 Sep 2001, Frank Hecker wrote:
>
> I know what Section 3 says. My point is, is it _required_ as a
> condition of the GPL or LGPL that when code under the LGPL is combined
> with code under the GPL to create a work to be shipped under GPL terms,
> that the LGPL license notices must first be changed to GPL license notices?
GPL section 2 requires that any code in a GPL program be licensed under
the terms of the GPL. LGPL section 3, which grants you the right to change
the license from LGPL to GPL, requires that to do so you remove any
mention of the LGPL. So as far as I can tell (and I am not a lawyer, so
that isn't very far), the answer is yes.
> For example, consider the case when you take the source code for a
> GPLed application and the source code for an LGPLed library used by
> the application. You compile all the code, link it together (let's say
> statically for the sake of argument), and distribute the resulting
> work under GPL terms (as required by the GPL). Are you (or Hixie for
> that matter) claiming that the GPL (or LGPL) requires that in order to
> do this one must (not may, _must_) physically change all the LGPL
> license notices in the library source files to GPL license notices
> first?
That's what I think it says.
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