Thanks for the input. I think your answer is regarding LGPL v3 software, whereas NHibernate's licence is LGPL v2.1. Does it still apply?
On Tuesday, August 6, 2013 2:38:23 PM UTC+3, PeteA wrote: > > My understanding is that that's entirely legal and perfectly appropriate > as long as you provide appropriate notices as per sections 4a -> 4c of the > LGPL; you're already meeting 4d(1) by using a DLL. FWIW, I personally like > to meet 4d(0) by providing a download link to the source but believe that > that's entirely optional. > > > > /Pete > > > > *From:* [email protected] <javascript:> [mailto: > [email protected] <javascript:>] *On Behalf Of *Niv Ingberg > *Sent:* 06 August 2013 07:41 > *To:* [email protected] <javascript:> > *Subject:* [nhusers] Minimizing NHibernate redistribution > > > > Hi, > > > > We have a commercial product which provides in-memory caching (among other > features), and we're bundling NHibernate 3.3 with our product to show that > it can be used to persist the data. > > > > The actual question is: The total size of NHibernate-3.3.3.GA-bin is > ~37MB, and we'd like to reduce it, if possible. > > Now, the Tests folder weighs ~22MB, which we don't really need. > > In addition, The Required_Bins folder contains not only dll files, but > also pdb and xml (api doc) files (~11.4MB) which are helpful for developers > but not required at runtime. > > So if we remove the tests+pdbs+api-xmls we save about ~33.4MB out of > ~37MB, which is damn impressive. > > > > Is that legal? I've read the LGPL and googled a bit, but didn't find a > decisive answer. > > (I realize this is a developer forum and not a legal forum, but would > still like to hear your opinion). > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Niv > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "nhusers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] <javascript:> > . > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhusers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nhusers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhusers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
