On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 07:14:57PM +0100, Matthias Saou wrote:
> Once upon a time, St? wrote :
> 
> >  From what I understand LGPL (Not the standard GLP) code could be used 
> > with out breaking the license.. is this correct? I think I saw a 
> > project that was LGPLed that used MMX optimizations. I'll see if I can 
> > find it.
> 
> Programs licensed under the LGPL don't allow reusing code in non
> (L)GPL-compatible licensed programs. The only strong point of the "Lesser"
> GPL is that it allows linking against software licensed under it to any
> other program...

Which in this case is feasable since it is a standalone files that can
be include after stdlib. If we put that code in a seperate directory and
have our include paths correctly setup then there is no problem at all
in this case (if the memcpy was LGPL'ed).

Besides, there is also the entire argument about run-time vs compile-time
linking which is rather blurry in most cases

> 
> When you start thinking about freedom you ultimately raise the question
> about "freedom to take away the freedom"... and the MAME license takes away
> the freedom to redistribute software, charging for it (IIRC).
correct, but you meant redistributing modified versions under the mame
name.

David

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