Clarification: LGPL v2 YES, LGPL v3 NO :D

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Dan Wilcox
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> On Nov 7, 2015, at 2:00 PM, Dan Wilcox <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Actually, as I recall, LGPL is kosher *if* you also publish the source code 
> so users can rebuild the software. Isn’t this correct Jonathan? At least that 
> was how I was approaching PdParty.
> 
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> Dan Wilcox
> @danomatika <https://twitter.com/danomatika>
> danomatika.com <http://danomatika.com/>
> robotcowboy.com <http://robotcowboy.com/>
>> On Nov 7, 2015, at 1:57 PM, Dan Wilcox <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> 
>> Yes, this is correct. I was wrong in the last mail.
>> 
>> Since the externals are built and linked when building libpd as iOS doesn’t 
>> allow dynamic linking, there’s no way to satisfy the distribution clause in 
>> the LGPL. I was thinking about *abstraction* libraries earlier which are OK 
>> as long as you can allow users to update them. I do this in PdParty by 
>> exposing the lib folder and make it easy to swap in new versions of those 
>> files. Of course this works since they are not binary compiled libraries.
>> 
>> I was hoping for expr adopting a BSD license for this issue, but I also 
>> understand if the authors choose not to. I’m pretty sure everything else 
>> distributed in the pd vanilla sources is BSD.
>> 
>> Also, I’m sure there are apps running with expr~ etc in the App Store. You 
>> only have to add those files to your build tree when building libpd and call 
>> their setup function. I doubt there is a automatic mechanism Apple is using 
>> to detect such things.
>> 
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>> Dan Wilcox
>> @danomatika <https://twitter.com/danomatika>
>> danomatika.com <http://danomatika.com/>
>> robotcowboy.com <http://robotcowboy.com/>
>>> On Nov 7, 2015, at 1:08 PM, [email protected] 
>>> <mailto:[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> From: "Scott R. Looney" <[email protected] 
>>> <mailto:[email protected]>>
>>> Date: November 7, 2015 at 12:24:44 PM MST
>>> To: "[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>" 
>>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
>>> Subject: Re: [PD] looking for other vanilla filters or abstractions for 
>>> libPD
>>> 
>>> 
>>> thanks Jonathan. this is what i assumed re LGPL when i saw a discussion 
>>> about using fluidsynth in a build, which has a LGPL variant but not 
>>> anything more permissive. so one question would be if anyone here on the 
>>> list had a paid app rejected or accepted on the App Store due to using an 
>>> LGPL license? expr and expr~ are very useful for a variety of things but 
>>> for now i'm not using them due to this offchance.
>>> 
>>> i would further guess that FSF's exact words on LGPL were probably pretty 
>>> dark on using the iTunes Store in general. i've seen some announcements 
>>> from them in the past that made it clear how they feel about walled gardens.
>> 
> 

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