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LGPL ?

Started by toxy Sep 13, 2005 at 5:27 PM 2 replies 1.4k views

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Sep 13, 2005 at 5:27 PM

I've been looking into using a library to provide some of the base funcionality for a proprietary application that I'm developing. Since the library is under the GNU Lesser General Public License is it true that I can use it to access the library's functionality from my proprietary application without having my application fall into a LGPL or GPL license requirement? [Edited by - toxy on September 14, 2005 11:39:42 AM]

Kwizatz

Sep 13, 2005 at 5:29 PM

Yes, as long as you link to a shared version of it.

s-h-a-d-e

Sep 19, 2005 at 12:02 PM

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Original post by Kwizatz
Yes, as long as you link to a shared version of it.

Do You mean just add text in documents or in credits about this LGPL library?

Fruny

Sep 19, 2005 at 12:25 PM

No. He means "so long as you leave the library in a DLL", rather than statically link against it. The idea being that you should be able to drop in a freshly built version of the library and have your program work. If it doesn't, then you must provide the source to whatever code is needed to make it work, ranging from changes you may have made to the library right up to your entire source code if you statically linked to the library.

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