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LGPL issues (was Re: Threads, reentrancy, and suchlike things (was: Re: Working Group Proposal))

From:
Bradley M. Kuhn
Date:
July 24, 2000 20:27
Subject:
LGPL issues (was Re: Threads, reentrancy, and suchlike things (was: Re: Working Group Proposal))
Message ID:
20000724232736.G1491@ebb.org
Simon Cozens wrote:

> Section 2 of the LPGL states that libraries derived from LGPL get LGPL, and
> that you can't just snag code and shove it in an application, but rather it
> has to be released as a separate library -

Basically, "separate library" means "separate source files".  Any source
files that are licensed to us under the LGPL would remain LGPL'ed.  The rest
would be under any license we wish, basically.

-- 
Bradley M. Kuhn  -  http://www.ebb.org/bkuhn

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