Re: problems with floats and FDLibM

[Ben Combee]

At 13:20 2003-2-5 -0800, you wrote:

Re: Mathlib : I can make and provide a Mathlib zip, no
prob. But I'm still a little confused by your last
statement about 'directly linking to sources' - how is
that different from using the functions via the
Mathlib header?

The difference is how the functions are linked to your program. Using the mathlib header and calling the shared library puts the MathLib code in another module, where the user is free to rebuild it and supply a new version. You've done nothing to limit the freedom of using the MathLib code. Having it directly linked into your application binds that code into your app, and the user cannot easily replace the MathLib functions with something different or improved. That is the freedom that the LGPL is trying to protect.

--
Ben Combee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
CodeWarrior for Palm OS technical lead
Palm OS programming help @ www.palmoswerks.com

--
For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/