David Brown writes:
 > And as I understand the LGPL, if you link staticly to an LGPL library, you
 > have to release your source (as GPL or LGPL) - the LGPL is designed for
 > dynamic libraries linked to closed source, which is fine for pc's and other
 > "big" systems.  For embedded systems (assuming you don't want to open-source
 > your app), you have to stick to BSD or modified (L)GPL code, as used by the
 > mspgcc library.

No, the LGPL is designed for all libraries.  If you link staticly to
an LGPL library, you have to release your *object* files.  This lets
somebody else relink your code to an improved/repaired library.

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