From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Sep 29 05:42:13 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA14346 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Tue, 29 Sep 1998 05:42:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from banshee.cs.uow.edu.au (banshee.cs.uow.edu.au [130.130.188.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA14325 for ; Tue, 29 Sep 1998 05:42:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ncb05@banshee.cs.uow.edu.au) Received: (from ncb05@localhost) by banshee.cs.uow.edu.au (8.9.1a/8.9.1) id WAA17379; Tue, 29 Sep 1998 22:41:40 +1000 (EST) Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 22:41:40 +1000 (EST) From: Nicholas Charles Brawn X-Sender: ncb05@banshee.cs.uow.edu.au To: Eivind Eklund cc: Wes Peters , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: LGPL confusion In-Reply-To: <19980929132952.40372@follo.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, 29 Sep 1998, Eivind Eklund wrote: > > If you distribute GTK itself as a shared library, you have no need to > > release your own object files, as a user could (theoretically) create > > a new shared GTK library, fixing any problems and/or adding functionality > > to GTK, and still use it with your program. > > This is not clear, given the present state of shared library > technology. The FSF has (according to Terry) refused to come with a > statement to this effect. > > Eivind. > Well, if and when I come up with something worth releasing, I'll be seeking advice on how to minimise LGPL'd code. :) It's interesting how you notice how restrictive the gpl is once you start considering the different licences you could release your code under... Nick -- Email: ncb@poboxes.com - http://www.poboxes.com/ncb Key fingerprint = DE 30 33 D3 16 91 C8 8D A7 F8 70 03 B7 77 1A 2A "When in doubt, ask someone wiser than yourself..." -unknown To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message